Sydney: In badminton, India’s ace shuttlers H. S. Prannoy and Sameer Verma progressed to the men’s singles quarterfinals of the Australian Open. Fifth seed Prannoy defeated Misha Zilberman of Israel by ‘21-17, 21-15’ in the round of 16 in 46 minutes. Sameer Verma beat eighth seed Loh Kean Yew of Singapore by ‘ 21-14, 14-21, 21-19 ‘ in 1 hour and 2 minutes.
Prannoy will be up against second seed Kodai Naroaka of Japan in the next round, while Verma will take on Chinese Taipei’s Chun-Yi Lin.
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Aakarshi Kashyap also advanced to the women’s singles quarter-finals with a 21-16, 21-13 win over Australia’s Kai Qi Teoh.
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