November 4, 2016 7:27 PM

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Verma brothers reach quarterfinals of Bitburger Open<br/>

The Verma brothers, Sourabh and Sameer storm into the quarterfinals of the men&apos;s singles of the Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament in Saarbrucken, Germany. Sourabh staved off a challenge from Indonesia&apos;s Ihsan Maulana Mustofa, seeded sixth to register a 21-11, 22-20 victory, while 12th seed Sameer dumped Scotland&apos;s Kieran Merrilees 21-17, 21-17 in another men&apos;s singles match.Sourabh, who had won the Chinese Taipei Open recently, will next take on experienced World No. 13 Marc Zwibler of Germany, while younger brother Sameer will face Ukraine&apos;sArtem Pochtarov in the next round.In mixed doubles, Prajakta Sawant and her Malaysian partner Yogendran Khrishnan lost 15-21, 11-21 to fourth-seeded Malaysian combo of Kian Meng Tan and Pei Jing Lai.

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