Prannoy, Verma storm into quarters Down Under

HS Prannoy

Indian shuttlers HS Prannoy and Sameer Verma progressed to the men's singles quarter-finals of the Australian Open with contrasting victories over their respective opponents here on Thursday.

While fifth seed Prannoy, a former World No. 1, took just 46 minutes to get the better of Misha Zilberman of Israel 21-17, 21-15 in the round of 16, Verma had to toil hard for one hour two minutes to upset eighth seed Loh Kean Yew of Singapore 21-14, 14-21, 21-19.

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However, it was curtains for Kiran George in the men's singles event as he lost 20-22, 6-21 against seventh seed Kenta Nishimoto of Japan.

Among the Indian women, eight seed Aakarshi Kashyap beat Australia's Kai Qi Bernice Teoh 21-16, 21-13 to progress to the quarter-finals. But the tournament ended for Anupama Upadhyaya and Malvika Bansod.

While Anupama lost 11-21, 18-21 against sixth seed Putri Kusuma Wardani of Indonesia, Malvika was shown the door by another Indonesian, eight seed Ester Nurumi Tri Wardoyo 17-21 21-23.

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