Kidambi Srikanth is now ranked ninth in the world.
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Top seeds P V Sindhu and K Srikanth notched up contrasting victories to advance to the third round of the United States dollars 120,000 Indonesia Masters Grand Prix Gold tournament on Thursday.
9 will take on Indonesia’s Ginting Anthony in the semifinals with the latter having a 1-0 advantage in career matches over the Indian.
Two-time bronze medallist at World Championships, Sindhu, who clinched the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold last week, suffered an unexpected 21-23, 13-21 loss against He Bingjiao of China in 36 minutes.
The Quarter-final clash against Zhi Soo proved to be a comfortable outing for the top-seeded Indian as he took home the match with a score of 21-10, 21-5.
Srikanth dished out a superb game of badminton as he didn’t allow any chance to Teck to challenge his authority.
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Gurusaidutt, on the other hand, first overcame Singapore’s Kean Yew Loh 21-19, 19-21, 21-15 in 59 minutes but went on to lose to Malaysia’s 12th seed Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin 14-21, 21-17, 15-21 in 50 minutes. Sindhu will face Chinese youngster HE Bingjiao in the quarterfinals on Friday. That forced the Hyderabadi to change gears and he sealed the game by taking nine points in a row.
