Sindhu, Sameer, Satwik in quarters

Bangkok, Jan. 21: Indian shuttlers P. V. Sindhu and Sameer Verma stormed into the quarterfinals of the Toyota Thailand Open after registering straightgame wins but HS Prannoy bowed out of Super 1000 tournament here on Tuesday.

Olympic silver medallist Sindhu expectedly outclassed Malaysia’s world No. 92 Kisona Selvaduray 21-10, 21-12 in a lop-sided second-round contest that lasted just 35 minutes. She will face either Thailand’s Ratchanok Inthanon or Korea’s Sung Ji Hyun next.

World No. 31 Sameer also continued his impressive run, stunning world no. 17 Rasmus Gemke 21-12, 21-9 in just 39 minutes for his third victory over the Danish player.

The Indian, who had shocked Malaysia’s eighth seed Lee Zii Jia in the opening round, will face third seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark, who received a walkover, in the quarterfinals.

The mixed doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa

● Olympic silver medallist P. V. Sindhu outclassed Malaysia’s World No. 92 Kisona Selvaduray 21-10, 21-12 in the second-round of Thailand Open.

also made it to the quarterfinals with a stunning 2220, 14-21, 21-16 win over world No. 17 German duo of Mark Lamsfuss and Isabel Herttrich in a match that lasted close to an hour.

Satwiksairaj also paired up with Chirag Shetty in the men’s doubles to notch up an upset 21-18, 23-21 win over seven seeds Korean combination of Choi Solgyu and Seo Seung Jae.

Prannoy, however, failed to cross the second round hurdle, going down 17-21, 18-21 to Malaysia’s Daren Liew. Meanwhile, Indonesian fifth seed Anthony Ginting suffered an unexpected defeat to Hong Kong’s Lee Cheukyiu, who moved into the quarter-finals with a 21-19, 13-21, 21-12 win. —