Star Indian shuttler HS Prannoy dished out another splendid show to progress to the men's singles quarter-finals with a thrilling win over Indonesia's Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo in the Malaysia Open Super 750 tournament here on Thursday.
The world No. 8 Indian looked in fine fettle as he staved off the spirited challenge from world No. 19 Chico 21-9, 15-21, 21-16 in an hour and four minutes. The 30-year-old from Kerala will take on either Malaysia's Ng Tze Yong or Japan's Kodai Naraoka next.
World No. 5 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, seeded seventh, also entered the men's doubles quarter-finals after beating Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana of Indonesia 21-19, 22-20 in 49 minutes.
Earlier, Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand fought hard before going down 13-21, 21-15, 17-21 to Bulgaria's Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva in the women's doubles pre-quarterfinals.
For Prannoy, it was his second meeting with Chico, who had defeated him at the 2018 Syed Modi International.
Treesa and Gayatri will meet the French duo of Margot Lambert and Anne Tran in their next tournament at India Open Super 750 next week.