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Sindhu Shocks Xuerui Saina Goes Through but India's Challenge Ends in Men’s Singles - Kridangan Sports
On an extraordinary day at World Badminton Championship tournament in Jakarta, there were huge upsets in several categories with some of the top seeds just scraping through to the quarterfinals. India's 11th seeded women singles player PV Sindhu created one of the major upsets of the day by defeating no.3 seed and Olympic gold medalist Li Xuerui of China. In her quarterfinal match on Friday, Sindhu will take on Korea’s no.8 seed Sung Ji Hyun. India had more to cheer about as ace shuttler Saina Nehwal and women’s doubles pair of Jwala Gutta/Ashwini Ponnappa also reached the quarterfinals. Saina defeated Japan's Sayaka Takahashi while Jwala/Ashwini won in three games against Japan's Miyuki Maeda/Reika Kakiiwa. However, Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy made fighting