Kidambi Srikanth  

At the Korea Masters, the sixth seed Kidambi Srikanth defeated Hong Kong's Wong Wing Ki Vincent 21-18 21-17 in the match that lasted 37 minutes

In the quarter-final clash, Kidambi Srikanth's Chinese opponent Chen Long retired after losing the first game 13-21 at the Hong Kong Open

Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan outclassed world champion PV Sindhu in a three-game long encounter of the second round 21-18, 11-21, 21-16 at the Hong Kong Open

Saina Nehwal entered the second round of the French Open. She defeated Hong Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi in straight games 23-21, 21-17. Ngan Yi had an upper hand in the first game, but Saina was able to bounce back to take the win 23-21

Saina Nehwal yet again failed to crack the code of top seed Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei, losing 20-22, 11-21 in another quarter-final contest

Saina Nehwal, who had reached the final of the Denmark Open last week, continued her good run by beating former world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan 10-21, 21-14, 21-17 in an exciting contest

After a tough match against the Chinese, Srikanth will have to play fellow Indian Verma in the quarterfinals to be held later on Friday.

With Srikanth's exit, the Indian shuttlers' campaign at the Japan Open came to a halt as Olympic medallist and Asian Games silver-medallist PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy crashed out in the previous rounds of the women's and men's singles event respectively on Thursday

Kidambi Srikanth did not break a sweat as he avenged his Asian Games loss to Hong Kong's Wong Wing Ki Vincent with a clinical 21-15 21-14 victory to enter the men's singles quarterfinals.

Srikanth had a 5-2 head-to-head record against Wong, but it did not matter in the end as the Hong Kong shuttler proved to be a better player

Among the women, Olympic medallist PV Sindhu was the only one who won for India. HS Prannoy won the only match for the country in the men's quarter-finals
 

Indonesia took a 2-0 lead following Sanjaya and Gideon's 21-19, 19-21,16-21 win at Jakarta on the second day of the ongoing Asian Games

World No 8 Kidambi Srikanth put up a tough fight but went down 21-23, 22-20, 10-21 to lower-ranked Anthony Ginting of Indonesia