Star Indian shuttler HS Prannoy breezed into the quarterfinals with a stunning straight-game win against former world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore. Though the curtains were raised for Kidambi Srikanth at the Japan Open Super 750 tournament in Osaka on Thursday.
The 30-year-old had already reached
the quarterfinals of the world championship last week. This was Prannoy’s third win over the world-ranked 7 Singaporean in four meetings.
The shuttlers will face Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien Chen, who also won a bronze medal in the World Championship last week in the next quarter-finals match on Friday.