Thailand Masters | Treesa-Gayatri pair, Manjunath, Ashmita enter quarterfinals
The Hindu
Thailand Masters Badminton: India’s Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand reach women's doubles quarterfinals; Mithun Manjunath defeats Kidambi Srikanth; Ashmita Chaliha also progresses in the women’s draw.
Sixth seeds Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand entered the women's doubles quarterfinals, but former world no.1 Kidambi Srikanth was upstaged by lower-ranked compatriot Mithun Manjunath on a mixed day for Indians at the Thailand Masters badminton tournament here on Thursday.
With the tough three-game win over Srikanth, Manjunath, along with Ashmita Chaliha in the women's draw, progressed to the last-eight stage of the singles' competition.
Treesa and Gayatri beat fellow Indians Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa 21-15 24-22 in their round of 16 match.
They will next be up against fourth seeds Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma and Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi of Indonesia.
Manjunath, the current national champion who is ranked 63rd in the world, had to sweat it out for 54 minutes to get the better of former world no.1 Srikanth 21-9 13-21 21-17 in a round of 16 match.
Manjunath will play Netherlands Mark Caljouw in the last-eight round.
However, it was curtains for the other Indian in men's singles draw, S Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian.