Kidambi Srikanth Beat Victor Lai Of Canada To Enter Men’s Singles Quarterfinals Of China Masters
In badminton, veteran Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth stunned world No. 9 Victor Lai of Canada in straight games to enter the men’s singles quarterfinals of the China Masters Super 750 badminton tournament in Shezhen today.
The 33-year-old Srikanth, who had reached the US Open Super 300 final earlier this year, rallied his way to notch up an upset 21-18 21-19 win over Lai, who won his second World Championships bronze in New Delhi last month.
A former world No. 1 and 2021 World Championships silver-medallist, Srikanth will face Hong Kong’s Lee Cheuk Yiu in his next match.
Meanwhile, in women’s singles, Tanvi Sharma, who won the Taipei Open World Tour Super 300 title recently, showed gumption to fight but imploded at the back end to go down 17-21 21-18 16-21 to world No. 9 Tomoka Miyazaki of Japan in the second round.
