Karunakaran, Subramanian storm into Taipei Open quarters

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India's Sathish Kumar Karunakaran and Sankar Subramanian reached the men's singles quarter-finals of the Taipei Open badminton tournament but women's singles players had to deal with disappointment on Wednesday.

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In men's singles, Karunakaran was made to work hard for a win but he eventually prevailed over Kantaphon Wangcharoen from Thailand 24-22, 23-21 to make the quarter-finals. Subramanian also had to toil but the Indian shuttler got the better of his Finnish opponent Joakim Oldorff, winning his round of 16 match 21-12, 19-21, 21-11.

In another round of 16 men's singles contest, Kiran George was in the lead when he won the first set against Indonesia's Yohanes Saut Marcellyno but the latter fought back to win the contest 15-21, 21-8, 21-16.

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