Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen entered the quarterfinals of Indonesia Masters badminton tournament after registering straight-game wins in their round-of-16 matches here on Thursday.
Lakshya prevailed 21-10 21-11 over Hong Kong China's Jason Gunawan in a contest that lasted a little over half an hour.
Sindhu, a two-time Olympic-medallist, notched up a 21-19 21-18 triumph over old-time foe Line Hojmark Kjaerfeldt of Denmark in her pre-quarterfinal that lasted for 43 minutes. This was Sindhu's fifth win over the Dane in their six clashes so far.
Sindhu will next be up against tournament top seed and World Number 4 Chen Yu Fei of China. Sindhu and Fei have faced each other 13 times so far and Fei holds a slender edge at 7-6 in the overall record. The Indian's last win over Fei came way back in 2019 and she would be eager to improve that record.
Later in the day, former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth, a 2021 world championships silver medallist, was too erratic to pose any challenge, going down 11-21 10-21 to Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien Chen in a lopsided pre-quarterfinals match.
In women's singles, Anmol Kharb showed a lot of heart to challenge former world champion Nozomi Okuhara before going down 21-16 14-21 11-21 in 56 minutes.
Men's doubles pair of Hariharan Amsakarunan and M R Arjun, who secured several titles, including the Al Ain Masters and Turkiye International Challenge in 2025, produced a gallant fight before losing 17-21 21-9 16-21 to third seeded and World Number 6 Malaysians Man Wei Chong and Kai Wun Tee in 54 minutes.
Also read: Sindhu, Srikanth advance to Indonesia Masters Round 2
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