Chirag-Satwik pair and Prannoy reach quarterfinals

KUALA LUMPUR: World championships bronze medallist men's pair Chirag Shetty & Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, and India's top-ranked shuttler HS Prannoy stormed into the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open Super 1000 badminton tournament here on Thursday. Playing on Court 3 at the Axiata Arena, World no 5 Satwik and Chirag outplayed their Indonesian counterparts Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana 21-19, 22-20 to strengthen their head-to-head record 3-0. Chirag-Satwik will next face the winner of the match between world-champion Malaysian pair Aaron Chia & Soh Wooi Yik and Liu Yu Chen/Ou Xuan Yi of China for a spot in the semifinals.

Earlier on Thursday, World No 8 Prannoy registered a 21-9, 15-21, 21-16 victory over 19th-ranked Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo in a men's singles match that lasted for one hour and leveled up the head-to-head record 1-1 with the Indonesian. He will square off with Japan's Kodai Naraoka for a place in the last last-four.

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