Young shuttlers Siril Verma and Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli reached the pre-quarterfinals of the Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold badminton in the men's and women's singles competition, in Taipei today. The 2015 World Junior Championships silver medallist, Siril, defeated local shuttler Chia Hao Lee 16-21, 21-17, 21-17. Sri Krishna, outclassed another local shuttler Chiang Mei Hui 21-17, 20-22, 21-9 in a women's singles match.The 16th seed Siril will next face Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia, and Sri Krishna will take on another Taipei shuttler Shuo Yun Sung.Among others, it was curtains for Sai Uttejitha Rao Chukka, 15th seed Abhishek Yelegar, Mumbai's Harsheel Dani and men's doubles pair of Nikhar Garg and Ankur Sangpang Rai.