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Kidambi Srikanth, Saina Nehwal, Ira Sharma in quarters of Orleans Masters badminton Last Updated : 26 Mar 2021 08:48:02 AM IST India's Kidambi Srikanth in the men's category and Saina Nehwal and Ira Sharma in the women's section reached the quarter-finals of the Orleans Masters Super 1000 badminton tournament here on Thursday.
In mixed doubles, India's Dhruv Kapila and Ashwini Ponnappa and in men's doubles, Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnu Vardhan Goud Panjala also advanced to the quarter-finals.Srikanth reached the quarter-finals with a 21-17, 22-20 win over Malaysia's June Wei Cheam in 46 minutes in a Round of 16 match.Saina Nehwal beat France's Marie Batomene 18-21, 21-15, 21-10 in a pre-quarter-finals match. Ira Sharma, who progressed to the main draw from the qualification round, beat Bulgaria's Mariya Mitsova 21-18, 21-13.In mixed doubles, Kapila and Ashwini defeated Callum Hemming and Victoria Williams of England 21-12, 21-18 in 32 minutes in a Round of 16 match to enter quarter-finals.In a Round of 16 men's doubles encounter, India's Garaga and Panjala made short work of Denmark's Kristian Høholdt Kræmer and Marcus Rindshøj 21-17, 21-13, in just 28 minutes.Saina, seeded fourth in the tournament, struggled in the first game against Batomene, ranked 65th in the world. The pair went toe-to-toe for much of the game before Batomene won three consecutive points from 17-17 to reach game point.However, Saina gained control of the match in the subsequent games, winning three consecutive points to start off the second game and going into the interval with a 11-6 lead. She maintained a six-point lead for much of the game, taking it 21-15.Saina then won four consecutive points from 17-10 to sail into the quarterfinals. The 2012 London Olympics bronze medallist now faces either Iris Wang of the US or France's Yaelle Hoyaux in the quarterfinal.Ira secured her second win over higher-ranked opposition in Orleans. Ranked 162nd, 21-year-old Ira had defeated 110th ranked LeOnice Huet in the first round before her win over the 71st ranked Mitsova.Ira did well to come back from a 4-9 deficit in the first game, fighting back to level the scores at 12-12. She then took the lead and never turned back, winning four consecutive points to race to 16-12. She won another three consecutive points to reach 20-15 and while Mitsova saved three game points, Ira took the game with a three-point gap.The second game was poised at 11-10 in Ira's favour before the Indian raced away post the interval. She took seven consecutive points to lead 18-10 and took the game 21-13. Ira faces Denmark's Line Christophersen in the quarterfinal.Men's doubles pair M.R. Arjun and Dhruv Kapila also reached the quarterfinals after beating England's Rory Easton and Zach Russ 21-11, 21-12. They now face another English pair, Callum Hemming and Steven Stalwood, in the last eight stage.Earlier, Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy reached the women's doubles quarterfinals after receiving a walkover in the second round against Indonesia's Fabriana Kusuma and Amalia Pratiwi.In a match, India's mixed doubles pair Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N. Sikki Reddy lost 10-21, 7-21 to the Danish combination Niclas Nohr and Amalie Magelund in a Round of 16 match.In a men's singles match of the Round of 16, India's Kiran George lost 15-21, 21-14, 19-21 to Brice Leverdez of France. Chirag Sen also lost in the pre-quarter-finals, against Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus of 21-14, 9-21, 17-21 in 43 minutes.IANS Orleans For Latest Updates Please-
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