Badminton: PV Sindhu and Indian men’s doubles pair reach Malaysia Open quarterfinals in Kuala Lumpur

In Badminton, two-time Olympic medalist ace shuttler PV Sindhu will take on third-seeded Japanese Akane Yamaguchi in the quarterfinal of the Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur today. Earlier yesterday, she outclassed eighth seed Tomoko Miyazaki of Japan by 21-8, 21-13 in the Round of 16.
 
 
In men’s doubles, the top Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will take on the Indonesian duo M S Fikri and F Alfian in the quarterfinals today. They defeated Malaysia’s world number 17 Junaidi Arif and Roy King Yap 21-18, 21-11 in the pre-quarterfinals.
 
 
Lakshya Sen and Ayush Shetty bowed out of the tournament after losing their respective pre-quarterfinal matches in the Men’s Singles category.