Tokyo Open: Sindhu crashes out, Srikanth, Prannoy advance to quarters

Sindhu went down against local favourite Nozomi Okuhara 21-18 21-8 in the 47-minute long clash. The Olympic silver-medalist had earlier defeated Okuhara in the summit clash of the just concluded Korea Open.

Significantly, this was the ninth career meeting between the duo and now Okuhara leads 5-4. 

On the other hand, World No 8 Kidambi Srikanth outclassed Hong Kong's Hu Yun 21-12 21-11 to enter the quarters. He will now face the recently-crowned world champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark.

Also, US Open winner H S Prannoy defeated Chinese Taipei's Hsu Jen Hao 21-16 23-21 to move to the quarterfinals where he will lock horns against second seed Chinese Shi Yuqi.

However, Sameer Verma bowed out of the tournament after losing 21-10, 17-21, 15-21 to Shi Yuqi.

In the mixed doubles, the Indian duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy lost 27-29 21-16 12-21 against fourth seeds Indonesian pair of  Praveen Jordan and Debby Susanto in the 66-minute long game.

Another Indian shuttler Saina Nehawal will face Rio Olympic gold medalist Carolina Marin later in the day.