In Badminton, B. Sai Praneeth storms into the last-eight round of Bangkok Open with a comfortable 21-18, 21-19 win over compatriot Shubhankar Dey.

Kidambi Srikanth, Parupalli Kashyap and H.S.Prannoy crashed out in the second round. Srikanth lost to Khosit Phetpradab of Thailand, Kashyap to Chou Tien-chen of China and Prannoy to Kenta Nishimoto of Japan.

In Women’s Singles, seventh seed Saina Nehwal who returned to action after nearly two months, squandered a game advantage to lose against unseeded Sayaka Takahashi of Japan in the second round.

In mixed doubles, the pair of Satwik Sairaj Rank ireddy and Chirag Shetty moved into the quarterfinals after registering a straight-game win over Indonesian combination of Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto. The India duo will next play qualifiers Choi Solgyu and Seo Seung Jae of Korea tomorrow.