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Prannoy breezes into last-8, Verma shocks Loh

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Sydney, June 13

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Indian shuttlers HS Prannoy and Sameer Verma progressed to the men’s singles quarterfinals of the Australian Open with contrasting victories over their respective opponents here today.

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While fifth seed Prannoy took just 46 minutes to get the better of Misha Zilberman of Israel 21-17 21-15 in the Round of 16, Verma had to toil for one hour and two minutes to upset eighth seed Loh Kean Yew of Singapore 21-14 14-21 21-19.

However, it was curtains for Kiran George as he lost 20-22 6-21 against seventh seed Kenta Nishimoto of Japan.

Eighth seed Aakarshi Kashyap beat Australia’s Kai Qi Bernice Teoh 21-16 21-13 to progress to the quarterfinals. But Anupama Upadhyaya and Malvika Bansod lost in the women’s singles second round.

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It was also the end of the road for Panda sisters, Rutaparna and Swetaparna, in the women’s doubles. The seventh-seeded pair were shocked 5-21 9-21 by Malaysians Pei Jing Lai and Lim Chiew Sien. The mixed doubles pair of B Sumeeth Reddy and N Sikki Reddy defeated Australia’s Kai Chen Teoh and Kai Qi Bernice Teoh 21-11 21-11.

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