Indian shuttlers R M V Guru Sai Dutt and K Srikanth reached the men’s singles semifinals of the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold here on Friday.
Twelfth seed Guru eased past Yan Kit Chan of Hong Kong 21-11, 21-14 in 34 minutes at the Macau Forum, equalling their head-to-head to two-all. Srikanth on the other hand had a tough battle against Nan Wei of Hong Kong which the Indian won 16-21, 21-19, 21-19.
In mixed doubles, top seeds Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir of Indonesia beat Tarun Kona and Ashwini Ponnappa 21-9, 21-13.
While Ashwini and Pradnya Gadre lost 16-21, 21-12, 15-21 to Komala Dewi and Jenna Gozali of Indonesia.
(Published 30 November 2012, 16:38 IST)
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