Subramanian, ranked 64th in the world, secured the biggest win of his career at St. Jakobshalle by overcoming three-time World Championship medalist Antonsen 18-21, 21-12, 21-5 in an hour and six minutes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Subramanian will next play Christo Popov, the World No. 31 from France, who won the German Open and Hylo Open last year. Popov was also the German Open runner-up this year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Previously, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, the Commonwealth Games bronze medal-winning women\u2019s doubles pair, advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating Germany\u2019s Selin Hubsch and Amelie Lehmann.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The ninth-ranked women\u2019s doubles badminton pair of Treesa and Gayatri cruised to a 21-12, 21-8 victory over Germany\u2019s world No. 119 pair, Selin and Amelie, in a 38-minute round of 16 match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Their next match is against the eighth-seeded Hong Kong pair, Yeung Nga Ting and Yeung Pui Lam, with a chance of advance to the BWF Super 300 tournament semifinals on the line.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the men\u2019s singles category, former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth went down to current world No. 6 Li Shifeng of China 21-15, 21-11, while Priyanshu Rajawat lost to France\u2019s Toma Junior Popov 21-15, 21-17.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Meanwhile, India\u2019s women\u2019s singles challenge in the competition ended with losses suffered by Anupama Upadhyaya and Isharani Baruah. Isharani lost to China\u2019s Han Qian Xi 19-21, 21-18, 18-21, while Anupama suffered a 21-17, 21-19 defeat to Indonesian fourth seed Putri Wardani.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the men\u2019s singles category, former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth went down to current world No. 6 Li Shifeng of China 21-15, 21-11, while Priyanshu Rajawat lost to France\u2019s Toma Junior Popov 21-15, 21-17.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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