Madrid, Mar 30:  Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the men's singles quarterfinals of the Madrid Masters badminton tournament with a straight-game win over compatriot B Sai Praneeth here on Thursday.

World no. 21 Srikanth, seeded fifth, got the better of his 49th-ranked Indian compatriot 21-15 21-12 in a second-round match. PV Sindhu Drops Out of BWF Women's Singles Top 10 Rankings for First Time Since November 2016.

However, a tough contest awaits the former world No. 1 in the quarterfinals as he is pitted against top seed Kenta Nishimoto of Japan. In their second-round contest, Nishimoto was handed a walkover by France's Arnaud Merkle. Kiran George, Priyanshu Rajawat and Sameer Verma are the other Indian shuttlers in the fray in men's singles.

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