The eighth-seeded Indian commuter, who was kicked out of the India Open Tremendous 500 occasion in January after testing constructive for COVID, prevailed 21-10 13-21 21-7 in 48 minutes over quantity 39 World Cup Leverdez to increase their head-to-head depend to 4-0.
The Indian, world quantity 11, will face the Chinese language Lu Guang Zu within the subsequent spherical. Srikanth is 2-0 towards world quantity 27 China.
The 29-year-old from Guntur appeared in good contact as he went from 6-6 to 19-8 in a jiffy and comfortably pocketed the opener. Leverdez made a roaring comeback in recreation two as they dominated proceedings and led from begin to end to make it 1-1.
Within the decider, Srikanth discovered his rhythm as he constructed up the factors nicely and slowly moved as much as 11-5 on the break and stored his nostril in entrance to maneuver rapidly to 18-7 earlier than sealing it comfortably on the finish.
In the meantime, two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu has additionally certified for the subsequent spherical of the ladies’s singles event going down on Tuesday. Enjoying on Courtroom 2, the Indian commuter beat Thailand’s Busanan Ongbamrungphan in consecutive matches.
Sindhu beat the Thai commuter in back-to-back matches 21-8, 21-7 in a combat that lasted 32 minutes.
Later within the day, Sania Nehwal reached the second spherical with a win over Spain’s Clara Azurmendi. In a combat that lasted 47 minutes, Nehwal beat Azurmendi 21-15, 17-21, 21-14 on Courtroom 1 on Tuesday.
Lakshya Sen additionally entered the subsequent spherical with a straight win over Thailand’s Kantaphon Wangcharoen. Sen beat the Thai commuter in back-to-back matches 21-6, 22-20 in a 36-minute recreation.