Srikanth, Valishetty & Subramanian: Quarterfinalists

Kidambi Srikanth, Shriyansh Valishetty, and S. Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian reach the quarterfinals of the Canada Open with impressive victories, setting up exciting matches in their respective draws

Hyderabad: Former World No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the quarterfinals of the Canada Open badminton championship in Ontario with a 21-19, 21-14 win over Wang Po-Wei in a match that lasted 40 minutes.

Srikanth, who was the runner-up in the Malaysia Masters Super Series 500 earlier this year, looked sharp and displayed an impressive performance. He will now face top-seeded and World No. 6 Chou Tien-Chen in the last-eight encounter.

The other Indian shuttlers who made it to the quarterfinals were Shriyansh Valishetty and S. Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian.

Valishetty, 18, continued his strong run in Ontario with a composed 21-15, 21-14 win over Malaysia’s Karupathevan Letshanaa in the women’s singles draw, setting up a quarterfinal clash against Denmark’s Amalie Schulz.

Twenty-one-year-old Subramanian, meanwhile, will take on third seed Kenta Nishimoto (WR12) in the next round, after breezing past Chinese Taipei’s Huang Yu-Kai with a clinical 21-19, 21-14 performance.