The 20-year-old Shetty secured the victory in straight games, brushing aside third seed Lee 21-17, 21-18 in 50 minutes in a match played on Court 1 of Taipei Arena.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Former World No.1 Kidambi Sikanth defeated compatriot S.Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian in straight games to reach the pre-quarterfinals on Tuesday as India continued to experience mixed results.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Srikanth defeated Subramanian 21-16, 21-15 in 35 minutes in a second-round clash in the BWF World Tour Super 300 event, with a prize money of USD 240,000 event being played at the Taipei Arena.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Unnati Hooda beat fellow Indian Anupama Upadhyaya 21-13, 21-17 in the women's singles second round, Tharun Mannepalli overcame Shogo Ogawa of Japan 21-17, 19-21, 21-12 in 70 minute encounter while the women's doubles pair of Rashmi Ganesh and Sania Sikkandar went down to Japanese pair of Rui Hirokami\/Sayaka Hobara 8-21, 10-21.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In men's singles, Maisnam Meiraba lost to seventh seed Brian Yang of Canada 23-21, 21-12 in men's singles while Akarshi Kashyap was beaten 9-21, 12-21 by local star Hung Yi-Ting in a women's singles Round of 32 match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In a close first game in which the lead changed hands on a couple of occasions, Lee opened a 6-3 lead and extended it to 9-5. The two shuttlers waged a pitched battle till 16-16 before the Indian won five points in a row before sealing a 21-17 win.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In men's singles, Maisnam Meiraba lost to seventh seed Brian Yang of Canada 23-21, 21-12 in men's singles while Akarshi Kashyap was beaten 9-21, 12-21 by local star Hung Yi-Ting in a women's singles Round of 32 match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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