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Odense (Denmark), October 19: Kidambi Srikanth beat the legendary Lin Dan for the second time in his career to set up a 100% Indian quarter-final against Sameer Verma at the Open Denmark presented here
. Six Srikanth rebounded to beat the world number 14 from China 18-21, 21-17, 21-16 in the shock of the second round played Thursday night.
Dan, two-time Olympic gold medalist and five-time world champion. champion, is not the player he was, but remains a force to be reckoned with. It was a fifth meeting between Srikanth and Dan and the big Chinese during their last participation in the Rio 2016 quarter-finals.
Srikanth scored his first victory over Dan in winning the 2014 China Open. [19659002] After a tough game against the Chinese, Srikanth will face his compatriot Verma in the quarter-finals next Friday.
The world No. 23 Verma had defeated the 2018 Asian Games gold medalist, Indonesia, Jonathan
Saina Nehwal will also play her quarterfinal in women's singles against the eighth seeded, Nozomi Okuhara, later on Friday, as well as pairs of women's doubles Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy, who will take the place of the best seeds Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota of Japan. PTI
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