India’s Srikanth Kidambi who is currently ranked 11 in BWF Ranking beaten World No 5 Jan O Jorgensen in straight games. He beat the Dane 21-19, 21-19 in the round of 16.
He will meet World No 2 Lin Dan in Quarterfinals of the Rio Olympics. This may be difficult match for Srikanth. Srikanth meet Lin Dan 3 time out of that Srikanth won 1 match.
He won 2014 China Open Super Series Premier after beating Lin Dan by 21–19 21–17 in the final round.
If Srikanth Win this match then maybe he will face world no 1 LEE Chong Wei in Semi finals. Srikanth never won match against LEE Chong Wei in last 4 attempts.
India’ P. V. Sindhu who currently ranked No 10 BWF ranking enters the quarters of women’s singles badminton beating world No 8 Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying 21-13, 2-15