Bangkok. India’s Kiran George continued his impressive run to storm into the men’s singles quarterfinals of the Thailand Open Super 500 tournament with a straight game win over world No. 26 Wang Hong Yeng of China, here on Thursday.
World number 59 Kiran beat her higher-ranked Chinese 21-11, 21-19 in 39 minutes in the pre-quarterfinals.
Kiran has reached the quarterfinals of a BWF World Tour Super 500 event for the first time.
Odisha Open 2022 winner Kiran will take on the winner of the match between Hong Kong’s Ng Ka Long Angus and France’s Toma Junior Popov in the last eight on Friday. In women’s singles, however, former Olympic and three-time world champion Ashmita Chaliha will face Had to face defeat against Carolina Marin of Spain 18-21 13-21.
