P.V. Sindhu and Sameer Verma advanced to the quarterfinals with straight game wins in the second round but P. Kashyap and B. Sai Praneeth bowed out of the $600,000 Korea Open Super Series badminton tournament here on Thursday.
Olympic silver medallist Sindhu saw off Thailand’s Nitchaon Jindapol 22-20, 21-17 to set up a clash with Japan’s Minatsu Mitani, a bronze medallist at the 2014 World Championships.
Syed Modi GP Gold winner Sameer defeated Hong Kong’s Wong Wing Ki Vincent 21-19, 21-13 and will need to raise his game when he faces local favourite Son Wan Ho.
The results: Men: Sameer Verma bt Wong Wing Ki Vincent (HK) 21-19, 21-13; Son Wan Ho (Kor) bt P. Kashyap 21-16, 17-21, 21-16; Wang Tzu-wei (Tpe) bt B. Sai Praneeth 21-13, 26-24.
Doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty bt Jhe-Huei Lee & Yang Lee (Tpe) 23-21, 16-21, 21-8.
Women: Singles: P.V. Sindhu bt Nitchaon Jindapol (Tha) 22-20, 21-17.