Copenhagen: India’s Sameer Verma entered the quarter-finals of the Denmark Open Super 1000 tournament. World No.28 Verma defeated World No 3 Anders Antonsen of Denmark by 21-14, 21-18 in just 50 minutes. Sameer will face world No 32 Tommy Sugiarto in the quarterfinals.
Earlier on yesterday, PV Sindhu entered the quarter-final by defeating Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand by 21-16, 12-21, 21-15 in 67 minutes.
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Other Indian players Kidambi Srikanth, HS Pranoy and Saina Nehwal bowed out of the event. Kidambi Srikanth lost to World No 1 Kento Momota of Japan by 21-23, 9-21. Saina Nehwal lost to Aya Ohori of Japan by 21-16, 21-14.HS Pranoy lost to Jonatan Christie of Indonesia by 18-21, 19-21 .
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