Young Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen progressed to the quarterfinals of the World Junior Championship after defeating Chinese Taipei's Chen Shiau Cheng in a men's singles event in Markham, Canada. 

The 17-year-old from Almora, who had clinched the Asian Junior Championships title in July this year, saw off ninth seed Chen 15-21, 21-17, 21-14 in a match that lasted a little under an hour yesterday. 

Fourth-seeded Lakshya will take on Malaysia's Aidil Sholeh Ali Sadikin next for a place in the semi-final, which will assure him of a medal in the tournament.

Men's doubles pair of Vishnu Vardhan Goud Panjala and Srikrishna Sai Kumar Podile also entered the quarters with a 21-11, 21-17 win over Indonesian combination of Dwiki Rafian Restu and Bernadus Bagas Kusuma Wardana. 

The Indian duo will face 10th seeded Korean pair of Tae Yang Shin and Chan Wang next. 

Saina Nehwal remains India's only gold medallist in the World Junior Championship, having won the title at the 2008 edition at Pune.