New Delhi: India’s Kidambi Srikanth reached the quarterfinals of the Japan Masters on Thursday after defeating home favourite and fifth seed Kodai Naraoka 21-15, 11-21, 21-18.
It was Srikanth’s first win over Naraoka in five meetings, according to reports.
Kidambi, the former World No. 1 shuttler, defeated Denmark’s Rasmus Gemke in the previous round.
Meanwhile, Lakshya Sen also stormed into the quarterfinals, defeating China’s Dong Tian Yao 21-8, 21-14 in straight sets.
Lakshya, who recently lifted the Hylo Open title in Germany, will face either Canada’s Victor Lai or Japan’s Yushi Tanaka in the quarterfinals.
