<p class="title">Indian shuttlers B Sai Praneeth and Sameer Verma registered straight-game victories to progress to the quarterfinals of the men's singles event at the Australian Open here on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Second seed Praneeth beat Indonesia's Panji Ahmad Maulana 21-12, 21-14, while fourth-seeded Sameer edged past Takuma Ueda of Japan 21-16, 21-12 in their respective second round matches.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Praneeth will next play seventh seed Lee Cheuk Yiu of Indonesia, while Sameer will be up against China's Lu Guangzu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It turned out to be a good day for Indians in the men's doubles too as third seed Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy defeated Korean combination of Hyuk Gyun Choi and Kyung Hoon Park 21-17, 21-17 to make it to the quarterfinals.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Seventh seeds Arjun M R and Ramachandran Shlok also booked their place in the last eight round but the pair was made to work hard for the win.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Arjun and Ramachandran were stretched by the Japanese pair of Hiroki Okamura and Masayuki Onodera before they got the better of their opponents 21-15, 25-23.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, it will be curtains for one of the Indian pairs in the next round as they will take on each other.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India's campaign in women's singles ended after China's Han Yue drubbed Jakka Vaishnavi Reddy 21-5, 21-5.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the women's doubles too it was the end of the road for India after the pair of Jakkampudi Meghana and Poorvisha S Ram crashed out, losing 11-21, 13-21 to Japan's Miki Kashihara and Miyuki Kato.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The mixed doubles duo of Shivam Sharma and Poorvisha S Ram also bowed out after losing 6-21, 13-21 to fifth-seeded Korean combination of Seung Jae Seo and Chae Yujung.</p>
<p class="title">Indian shuttlers B Sai Praneeth and Sameer Verma registered straight-game victories to progress to the quarterfinals of the men's singles event at the Australian Open here on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Second seed Praneeth beat Indonesia's Panji Ahmad Maulana 21-12, 21-14, while fourth-seeded Sameer edged past Takuma Ueda of Japan 21-16, 21-12 in their respective second round matches.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Praneeth will next play seventh seed Lee Cheuk Yiu of Indonesia, while Sameer will be up against China's Lu Guangzu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It turned out to be a good day for Indians in the men's doubles too as third seed Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy defeated Korean combination of Hyuk Gyun Choi and Kyung Hoon Park 21-17, 21-17 to make it to the quarterfinals.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Seventh seeds Arjun M R and Ramachandran Shlok also booked their place in the last eight round but the pair was made to work hard for the win.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Arjun and Ramachandran were stretched by the Japanese pair of Hiroki Okamura and Masayuki Onodera before they got the better of their opponents 21-15, 25-23.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, it will be curtains for one of the Indian pairs in the next round as they will take on each other.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India's campaign in women's singles ended after China's Han Yue drubbed Jakka Vaishnavi Reddy 21-5, 21-5.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the women's doubles too it was the end of the road for India after the pair of Jakkampudi Meghana and Poorvisha S Ram crashed out, losing 11-21, 13-21 to Japan's Miki Kashihara and Miyuki Kato.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The mixed doubles duo of Shivam Sharma and Poorvisha S Ram also bowed out after losing 6-21, 13-21 to fifth-seeded Korean combination of Seung Jae Seo and Chae Yujung.</p>