In Badminton, ace Indian shuttlers, P V Sindhu and Ashmita Chaliha have advanced to the quarter-finals of the prestigious Malaysia Masters Badminton tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia today. Sindhu defeated Yu Jin Sim of South Korea, 21-13, 12-21, 21-14, while, Ashmita beat the American, Beiwen Zhang, 21-19, 16-21, 21-12, in the women’s singles pre-quarters.
In men’s singles pre-quarters, youngster Kiran George will take on Malaysia’s Zii Jia Lee this afternoon. While in Men’s doubles pre-quarters, India’s Sai Pratheek and Krishna Prasad Garaga will face the Chinese pair of Ren Xiangyu and Ji Ting He. Another Indian duo of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand will lock horns with Sung Shuo-yun and Chen Yu of Taiwan, in women’s doubles pre-quarters this afternoon.
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