The Indian men's doubles team of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty entered the quarter-finals of the Singapore Open badminton tournament after rallying to beat seventh-seeded Indonesian pair of Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani in Singapore on Thursday.
The Indians won 19-21, 21-16, 21-19 in a gruelling contest that lasted an hour and 14 minutes.
They will face second-seeded Malaysian pair Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin for a spot in the semis.
Given the Indian duo's struggles with fitness and injury over the last few weeks, this was a commendable win.
However, there was disappointment for India with double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu going down to world No. 5 Chen Yufei of China 9-21, 21-18, 16-21 in 65 minutes in a hard-fought second-round match.
In the men's singles competition as H S Prannoy bowed out following a 16-21, 14-21 loss to Frenchman Christo Popov in the pre-quarterfinals.
The eighth seeded Indian pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also bowed out after losing 8-21 10-21 to Chinese combination of Jia Yi Fan and Zhang Shu Xian in the second round.
The mixed doubles combo of Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde couldn't get past Hong Kong's Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet, losing 10-21 16-21 in 31 minutes.
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