Sridhar advances to quarter-finals in Asian Badminton championship

Johor Bahru, Malaysia, Apr 13 (UNI) Anup Sridhar advanced into the quarter-finals of Yonex-Sunrise Asian Badminton Championship with a thumping 21-18, 21-17 win over Hsieh Yu Hsing of Taipei in the men's singles competition here.

World number 35 Sridhar, who reached the semi-finals of the German Open Grand Prix last month, needed 33 minutes to reign in his Taipei opponent. He now runs into top Japanese player and world number 12 Sato Shoji of Japan in the last eight, who defeated Korean Shon Seung Mo 21-15, 21-14 in the pre-quarters.

Sridhar remained the only Indian left in the tournament as the men's doubles duo of Akshay Dewalkar and Jishnu Sanyal lost their second round match against third seeded Hong Kong pair of Njoto Alberus Susanto and Wiratama Yohan Hadikusumo 16-21, 17-21.

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