Kidambi Srikanth defeated the legendary Lin Dan for the second time in his career to set up an all-Indian quarter-final against Sameer Verma at the Denmark Open here.

World No. 6 Srikanth bounced back to beat the World No. 14 from China 18-21, 21-17, 21-16 in the second round clash played on Thursday night. Dan, a two-time Olympic gold medallist and five-time world champion, is not the player he used to be but is still a force to reckon with. It was a fifth meeting between Srikanth and Dan and the Chinese great won the last time they played, in the quarter-finals of the 2016 Rio Olympics.