Srikanth, Valishetty, Subramanian enter quarterfinals
Kidambi Srikanth, Shriyansh Valishetty, and S. Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian reach the quarterfinals of the Canada Open with impressive victories, setting up exciting matches in their respective draws
Hyderabad: Former World No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the quarterfinals of the Canada Open badminton championship in Ontario with a 21-19, 21-14 win over Wang Po-Wei in a match that lasted 40 minutes.
Srikanth, who was the runner-up in the Malaysia Masters Super Series 500 earlier this year, looked sharp and displayed an impressive performance. He will now face top-seeded and World No. 6 Chou Tien-Chen in the last-eight encounter.
The other Indian shuttlers who made it to the quarterfinals were Shriyansh Valishetty and S. Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian.
Valishetty, 18, continued his strong run in Ontario with a composed 21-15, 21-14 win over Malaysia’s Karupathevan Letshanaa in the women’s singles draw, setting up a quarterfinal clash against Denmark’s Amalie Schulz.
Twenty-one-year-old Subramanian, meanwhile, will take on third seed Kenta Nishimoto (WR12) in the next round, after breezing past Chinese Taipei’s Huang Yu-Kai with a clinical 21-19, 21-14 performance.
