Srikanth falls, Sindhu marches on

Contrasting results from the two other top shuttlers with Kidambi Srikanth losing to a lower-ranked opponent Nhat Nguyen, going down in three games 11-21, 21-15, 12-21.

PV Sindhu on the other hand got the better of Malaysia's Soniia Cheah 21-11, 21-17 in 39 minutes to set up a Round of 16 clash against the young Line Christophersen.