In Badminton, Kidambi Srikanth and B. Sai Praneeth on Wednesday advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the Australian Open Superseries tournament in Sydney. While Praneeth defeated Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia, 10-21, 21-12, 21-10, Srikanth beat Chao Yu Kan of Chinese Taipei, 21-13, 21-16.Srikanth had won the Indonesia Open last week, while Sai Praneeth has bagged two titles this year, Thailand Open and Singapore Open.P Kashyap, HS Prannoy and Ajay Jayaram, however, bowed out in the first round.Saina Nehwal is currently playing her opening round match against South Korea's fourth seed Ji Hyun Sung.PV Sindhu will begin her campaign later on Wednesday.