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This victory marked Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty's fourth triumph in six encounters against Kang Min Hyuk and Seo Seung Jae, solidifying their dominance in head-to-head battles.
Srikanth slumped to an 18-21, 19-21 defeat at the hands of Long in a thrilling last-eight clash of the men's singles event that lasted 48 minutes.
Srikanth stormed into the quarter-final of the men's singles event of the tournament with a comfortable 21-11, 21-15 win over Khosit Phetpradab of Thailand.
The Mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy lost 21-15 17-21 13-21 to the local combination of Tan Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jing of Malaysia India to bow out.
Fifth seed Sindhu will now look to avenge her All England loss against Korea's Sung Ji Hyun, whom she faces next, while Srikanth will meet Thailand's Khosit Phetpradab on Thursday.
Sameer went down fighting against Yuqi 20-22, 23-21, 12-21 in a three-game thriller that lasted one hour and five minutes.
Saina has been troubled by injuries of late. After her knee surgery in 2016, she has been striving hard to return to her peak form. She was World No. 1 for a few weeks in 2015.
The 30-year-old is a regular in the international circuit but visa restriction in Arab nations has affected his career over the years.
Sindhu and Tai played some high quality rallies, which were laced with drop shots and tight net strokes.
Both PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth registered straight-game wins in their quarterfinal matches.
Jayaram, the lone Indian to have crossed the first-round barrier of the tournament, was handed a 18-21, 14-21 defeat in 37 minutes by Son.
The match which lasted around 44 minutes at the Stadium Perpaduan - 3 here, saw a fightback from the Indian shuttler after dropping the opening game 9-11.
However in men's singles, Rio Olympics hopefuls H S Prannoy and K Srikanth failed to cross the opening hurdle.
Lahiri, who won Malaysia Open and Indian Open in February.
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