Ace India shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Thursday advanced to the quarter-finals of the ongoing Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament after he defeated France’s Thomas Rouxel.
Srikanth beat Rouxel 21-10, 14-21, 21-14 in the contest lasting for 52 minutes.
He will now be up against Thailand’s sixth seed Kantaphon Wangcharoen or Netherlands’ Mark Caljouw, who had earlier defeated H.S. Prannoy.
Meanwhile, the Indian mixed doubles pair comprising Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa also entered the quarter-finals after beating Indonesia’s Rinov Rivaldy and Pitha Haningtyas Mentari 21-18, 21-16.
Also, Ajay Jayaram registered a 21-18 17-21 21-13 win over Rasmus Gemke of Denmark in three games to reach enter the quarters.
On the other hand, Sourabh Verma’s campaign in the tournament came to an end as he suffered a 17-21, 14-21 defeat to Thailand’s eighth seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn.