<p>India had a good day in office at the Sri Lanka Open with young shuttlers H S Prannoy and P C Thulasi reaching the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively in the men’s and women’s singles event of the International Badminton Challenge in Colombo on Friday, reports PTI from New Delhi. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Top seed Prannoy ended the run of local shuttler Niluka Karunaratne, seeded ninth, with a 21-16, 19-21, 21-9 in men’s singles round three. The 21-year-old will next take on compatriot Anup Sridhar, who defeated fifth seed Lucas Corvee of France 21-23, 21-17, 21-13 in another match.<br /><br />Second seed Anand Pawar entered the quarters beating Thai qualifier Mek Narongrit 21-14, 21-9, while Aditya Prakash also reached the last eight with an easy 21-15 21-9 win over 10th seed Thomas Rouxel of France. <br /><br />In women’s singles, Thulasi, who last played in the Uber Cup at the Siri Fort Complex, beat Thailand’s Alisa Sapniti 21-13, 21-13 to reach the semifinals. She will next take on sixth seeded Thai Supanida Katethong in the semis of the USD 15,000 event.<br /><br />Fourth seeds Pradnya Gadre and Siki Reddy N reached the semifinals of the women’s doubles competition with a 21-18, 21-17 win over Thailand’s Karnjanavadee Bunsomboon and Rawimon Iamratanamaetheekul. <br /></p>
<p>India had a good day in office at the Sri Lanka Open with young shuttlers H S Prannoy and P C Thulasi reaching the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively in the men’s and women’s singles event of the International Badminton Challenge in Colombo on Friday, reports PTI from New Delhi. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Top seed Prannoy ended the run of local shuttler Niluka Karunaratne, seeded ninth, with a 21-16, 19-21, 21-9 in men’s singles round three. The 21-year-old will next take on compatriot Anup Sridhar, who defeated fifth seed Lucas Corvee of France 21-23, 21-17, 21-13 in another match.<br /><br />Second seed Anand Pawar entered the quarters beating Thai qualifier Mek Narongrit 21-14, 21-9, while Aditya Prakash also reached the last eight with an easy 21-15 21-9 win over 10th seed Thomas Rouxel of France. <br /><br />In women’s singles, Thulasi, who last played in the Uber Cup at the Siri Fort Complex, beat Thailand’s Alisa Sapniti 21-13, 21-13 to reach the semifinals. She will next take on sixth seeded Thai Supanida Katethong in the semis of the USD 15,000 event.<br /><br />Fourth seeds Pradnya Gadre and Siki Reddy N reached the semifinals of the women’s doubles competition with a 21-18, 21-17 win over Thailand’s Karnjanavadee Bunsomboon and Rawimon Iamratanamaetheekul. <br /></p>