Indian shuttlers HS Prannoy and Sameer Verma progressed to the men’s singles quarter-finals of the Australian Open with contrasting victories over their respective opponents here on Thursday.

While fifth seed Prannoy, a former World No. 1, took just 46 minutes to get the better of Misha Zilberman of Israel 21-17, 21-15 in the round of 16, Verma had to toil hard for one hour two minutes to upset eighth seed Loh Kean Yew of Singapore 21-14, 14-21, 21-19.