Ace India shuttlers PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the Asia Badminton Championship 2033 while compatriot Lakshya Sen made a first-round exit, here on Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sindhu advanced to the women's singles pre-quarterfinals with a 21-15, 22-20 win over Chinese Taipei's Wen Chi Hsu. The Indian took 46 minutes to wrap up the win over the Chinese Taipei shuttler.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the first game, Sindhu trailed 11-14 but the world No. 11 Indian badminton player registered nine points in a row to turn the tables and took the lead.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the second game, the 27-year old Sindhu faced a tough fight from the Chinese Taipei shuttler early on but managed to race to an 11-7 lead at the break before sealing the issue. This was the first meeting between the two players.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
On the other hand, former world championships silver medallist Srikanth progressed into the men's singles pre-quarterfinals after beating Bahrain's Adnan Ebrahim 21-13, 21-8. He will face world No. 5 Kodai Naraoka of Japan in the last 16.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Meanwhile, World No 9 Prannoy overcame Phone Pyae Naing of Myanmar 21-14, 21-9 in 32 minutes to set up a pre-quarters clash against Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
However, Commonwealth Games gold medallist Lakshya Sen crashed out in the first round after losing 7-21, 21-23 to former world champion and world No. 7 Loh Kean Yew of Singapore.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the men's doubles, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beat the Malaysian pair of Tan Kian Meng and Tan Wee Kiong 21-14, 21-17.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the women's doubles event, the Commonwealth Games bronze medal-winning women's doubles team of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also advanced into the pre-quarterfinals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n