March 16, 2018 8:08 AM | Badminton

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All England Badminton: P V Sindhu, H S Parnnoy to play their singles QF matches

Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu will clash with Nozomi Okuhura of Japan in the women's singles quarterfinals of the All England Badminton Championships Friday afternoon. 

In Birmingham on Thursday, the world no. 3 Indian overcame Thailand's Nitchaon Jindapol in three games 21-13, 13-21, 21-18 to enter the last eight stage.  The match lasted an hour and seven minutes. 

In the men's singles, India's H S Prannoy defeated Indonesian Tommy Sugiarto in straight games 21-10, 21-19 to enter the quarterfinals.  

Prannoy will next take on China's Yuxiang Huang Friday evening.  

The Chinese player shocked world no 2 Kidambi Srikanth in three games 11-21, 21-15, 20-22 in the second round last night. 

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