<p>Ace Indian shuttler HS Prannoy reached the men&rsquo;s singles pre-quarterfinals of the 2021 BWF World Badminton Championships after registering a straight games win over Daren Liew of Malaysia, here on Wednesday.</p>
<p>The unseeded Indian beat his Malaysian opponent 21-7, 21-17 in a men&rsquo;s singles second-round match that lasted 42 minutes. This was the sixth win for World No. 32 Prannoy over the 36th-ranked Daren Liew from nine meetings.&nbsp;</p>
<p>With this win, Prannoy joined two other Indians&mdash;Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen, in the men&rsquo;s singles pre-quarterfinals of the&nbsp;<br />tournament.&nbsp;</p>
<h2>Ponnappa-Sikki advance</h2>
<p>Meanwhile, in the women&rsquo;s doubles, Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy beat China&rsquo;s 14th seeds Liu Xuanxuan and Xia Yuting 21-11, 9-21, 21-13 in a 51 minute clash.</p>
<h2>Arjun-Kapila bow out</h2>
<p>However, the men&rsquo;s doubles pair MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila lost to the experienced Russian duo of Vladimir Ivanov and Ivan Sozonov 11-21, 16-21 in 41 minutes and were knocked out.</p>
<p>On Tuesday, reigning world champion PV Sindhu reached the women&rsquo;s singles pre-quarterfinals with an easy 21-7, 21-9 win over Martina Repiska of Slovakia.&nbsp;</p>
<p>She will face Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand in the pre-quarterfinals. Apart from Sindhu, the doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chiraj Shetty also the cut for the third round.</p>
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India shuttler advances to pre-quarters with 21-7, 21-17 win over Daren Liew

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