Bali (Indonesia), November 18: Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy registered come-from-behind wins to enter the quarterfinals of the Indonesia Masters Super 750 badminton tournament in Bali on Thursday (November 18).
While Sindhu overcame Spain's Clara Azurmendi to reach the last 8 of the women's singles event, Srikanth fought hard to beat Indonesia's Jonathan Christie to reach the last 8 stage, and Prannoy stunned second seed Viktor Axelsen of Denmark.
Playing against the world no 47 Azurmendi for the first time, Sindhu, who is seeded third, took 47 minutes to record a 17-21 21-7 21-12 in the women's singles second round clash.
The two-time Olympic medallist will now lock horns with world no 30 unseeded Turkish shuttler Neslihan Yigit in the quarterfinals. Sindhu has a 3-0 head-to-head record against the Turkish.
Srikanth, meanwhile, took little over an hour after going a game down to get the better of sixth seeded Christie 13-21, 21-18, 21-15. In the quarterfinal, he will face his compatriot Prannoy, who came from a game down to beat Axelsen 14-21, 21-19, 21-16.
However, it was curtains for young Lakshya Sen in the men's singles event and the mixed doubles pairing of Dhruv Kapila and N Sikki Reddy.
The 20-year-old Lakshya, who had reached the semi-finals at Hylo Open Super 500 and final of Dutch Open recently, went down 13-21 19-21 to the top seed and two-time world champion Kento Momota of Japan in a 46-minute clash.
Kapila and Sikki, on the other hand, lost a hard fought 15-21 23-21 18-21 battle to Thai duo of Supak Jomkoh and Supissara Paewsampran in the second round mixed doubles match.
Meanwhile, women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy will be in action later on Thursday (November 18) when they face Thailand's third seeded pair of Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai in the last 16 match.
(With PTI inputs)