Thailand Masters: Treesa-Gayatri; Manjunath, Ashmita enter quarters

With the tough three-game win over Srikanth, Manjunath, along with Ashmita Chaliha in the women’s draw, progressed to the last-eight stage of the singles’ competition

Sixth seeds Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand entered the women’s doubles quarter-finals, but former World No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth was upstaged by lower-ranked compatriot Mithun Manjunath on a mixed day for Indians at the Thailand Masters badminton tournament here on Thursday.

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With the tough three-game win over Srikanth, Manjunath, along with Ashmita Chaliha in the women’s draw, progressed to the last-eight stage of the singles’ competition.

Treesa and Gayatri beat fellow Indians Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa 21-15, 24-22. Manjunath had to sweat it out for 54 minutes to get the better of former world no.1 Srikanth 21-9, 13-21, 21-17.

Ashmita also made the next round, beating Chinese Taipei’s Yu Po Pai 21-12, 15-21, 21-17 in women’s singles. But Malvika Bansod made an early exit losing 22-24, 7-21 to Busanan Ongbamrungphan. 

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