World No. 80, Chouhan, who was part of India\u2019s bronze medal winning world junior campaign, defeated Chou 21-17, 26-24 to set up a last eight clash against Misha Zilberman of Israel.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 18-year-old India kept the pressure on his more experienced opponent from the start and though Chou kept his nose ahead till 17-15, Chouhan won six straight points thereafter to pocket the opening game.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Chou was the dominant player for most part of the second game as he commanded a 17-11 lead before Chouhan once again bagged six straight points to draw level. It was a neck-and-neck battle thereafter as Chouhan saved four game points before converting his second mach point to clinch victory in 49 minutes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier, in the qualifiers, Rounak Chouhan booked his place in the main draw with two convincing wins, first getting the better of France's Enogat Roy 21-19, 21-16 before recovering from a set down to beat Chinese Taipei's Kuo Kuan Lin 13-21, 21-14, 21-10. The rising Indian shuttler then rode on that momentum to win the first of the two all-Indian contests, beating former World Junior Championships silver medallist S Sankar Muthusamy 23-21, 21-16 to enter the second round.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Also advancing to the last eight stage were world junior silver medallist Tanvi Sharma, Rakshitha Sree and Devika Sihag in women\u2019s singles.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier, in the qualifiers, Rounak Chouhan booked his place in the main draw with two convincing wins, first getting the better of France's Enogat Roy 21-19, 21-16 before recovering from a set down to beat Chinese Taipei's Kuo Kuan Lin 13-21, 21-14, 21-10. The rising Indian shuttler then rode on that momentum to win the first of the two all-Indian contests, beating former World Junior Championships silver medallist S Sankar Muthusamy 23-21, 21-16 to enter the second round.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The experienced Kidambi Srikanth then capped off a fruitful day for India with a 21-14, 21-13 win over Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n