Ayush Shetty and Lakshya Sen advanced in the Australian Open to set up an all-Indian quarterfinal clash. On the other hand, HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth made early exits from the tournament today. The top-seeded Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty too made it to the last-eight with an easy 21-18, 21-11 victory against Chinese-Taipei’s Su Ching Heng and Wu Guan Xun. The Satwik-Chirag pair will take on the fifth-seeded Indonesian pair of Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri in the quarterfinals.
Ayush Shetty defeated fourth-seeded Kodai Naraoka 21-17, 21-16 in a contest lasting 68 minutes. In the quarterfinal, he will take on India’s number one player Lakshya Sen, who beat Taipei’s Chi Yu-jen 21-17, 13-21 and 21-13. Prannoy, who has not advanced beyond the pre-quarterfinals this year, could not keep up with eighth seed and former junior world champion Indonesian Farhan Alwi, losing 19-21, 10-21.
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