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Top Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth advanced into the pre-quarters of the USD one million China Open World Tour Super 1000 tournament in Changzhou on Wednesday.
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Srikanth defeated Rasmus Gemke of Denmark in the opening round of men’s singles event beating the Dane 21-9, 21-19 in straight sets to complete the win in just 30 minutes.
The 25-year-old started well and comfortably took a five-point lead before sealing the opening set victory at 21-9.
The second game, however, was a highly contested affair with Gemke matching Srikanth point on point. The Indian looked hurried into c-ompleting the match but Gemke showed enough fight to sustain the battle, Srikanth took a four point lead initially, but Gemke from standing at 2-4, won four straight trot to make the scoreline read 6-4 in his favour. He continued with the lead, before Dravid came back to advance to the next period.
Both the players were locked at 19-19 at one stage but from there Srikanth snatched two consecutive smashes to seal in his favour and win the match.
A day earlier, Indian shuttler PV Sindhu had edged past Saena Kawakami of Japan 21-15, 21-13 in their first-round clash of the tournament.
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