In badminton, India’s top men’s doubles pair, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, advanced to the quarterfinals of the China Open Super 1000 tournament in Changzhou, China, today. The duo secured a straight-game victory over Indonesia’s Leo Rolly Carnando and Bagas Maulana.

Meanwhile, in men’s singles, HS Prannoy bowed out after a hard-fought 21-18, 15-21, 8-21 loss to sixth seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei in a 65-minute second-round match.

In women’s singles, Unnati Hooda will face two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu in an all-Indian pre-quarterfinal clash later today.