Kidambi Srikanth beats Sai Praneeth to enter Madrid Masters quarterfinals

Madrid: Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the men’s singles quarterfinals of Madrid Masters badminton tournament with a straight-game win over compatriot B Sai Praneeth here Thursday.

World no. 21 Srikanth, seeded fifth, got the better of his 49th-ranked Indian compatriot 21-15 21-12 in a second round match.

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However, a tough contest awaits the former world No. 1 in the quarterfinals as he is pitted against top seed Kenta Nishimoto of Japan.

Nishimoto was handed a walkover by France’s Arnaud Merkle in their second-round contest.

Kiran George, Priyanshu Rajawat and Sameer Verma are the other Indian shuttlers in fray in men’s singles.

PTI