Chinese Taipei, Oct 12:
Sourabh Verma notched up successive wins on the second day of the Chinese Taipei Masters to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the Grand Prix badminton tournament, here today.
2011 National champion Sourabh disposed off local shuttler Yi-Hsiang Yang 12-10 11-3 11-5 in the first match and then edged out Japan’s Hashiru Shimono, seeded seventh, 11-6 8-11 12-10 11-3 in 41 minutes.
Sourabh, who had reached two finals at Belgium and Poland this year, will next take on Japan’s Ryotaro Maruo.
National Champion Sameer Verma, who is the younger brother of Sourabh, had got a bye in the opening round.
But Sameer’s campaign ended in the next round after losing 10-12 11-6 3-11 4-11 to Chia Hung LU of Chinese Taipei.
Among other Indians, Shreyansh Jaisal and Rahul Yadav Chittaboina bowed out of the tournament, which is one of the events where the BWF is testing its experimental scoring system. (PTI)
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