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Three Indians make it to quarterfinals

New Delhi: Three Indians, including National champion Chetan Anand, have cruised to the men’s singles quarterfinals of Toulouse Open badminton championship in Toulouse, France.

Anand, 41st in the World ranking, stole the show against Oedum Kasper (92nd) of Denmark to notch up a 21-13, 21-16 win on Thursday to enter the final eight stage.

In the quarterfinals, he will meet Indonesia’s Andra Kurniwan Tedjono (38th).

Anand will have some psychological edge over Tedjono as he had beaten the Indonesian in the Spanish Open semifinal last week en route to his title win in Madrid.

Another Indian contender, Ajay Jayaram posted a convincing 21-15, 21-8 win over Henrik Toth of Hungary to set a quarterfinal clash against Christian Thomsen of Denmark.

Aditi moves up

In the women’s singles, Aditi Mutatkar defeated her Spanish rival Molina Laura 21-14, 21-14 in the second round.

She will now lock the horns with local favourite Elisa Chanteur of France in the quarterfinals. — PTI

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