An advances to Orleans Masters with ease; Zii Jia ousts Srikanth

An se-young advances to the Orleans Masters 2025 with relative ease on Thursday, while Lee Zii Jia ousted Kidambi Srikanth in men’s action.

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South Korea's An Se-young (right) is paired against Thailand's Pornpicha Choeuikeewong (left) in Orleans, France, on Thursday. An advances to Orleans Masters with ease

AN ADVANCES IN ORLEANS AFTER BEATING THAI FOE WITH EAST

Ad advances in Orleans, France, after defeating her Thai opponent with relative ease.

Furthermore, South Korea’s world No.1 women’s singles shuttler dominated Pornpicha Choeuikeewong, 21-8, 21-4.

Moreover, An was hardly tested as she only needed 27 minutes to finish off her second-round opponent.

She was so dominating she only allowed Pornpicha 12 points throughout the match.

Meanwhile, Japan’s Riko Gunji defeated Lin Hsiang Ti, 21-8, 21-12, in 35 minutes in another women’s singles match.

ZII JIA OUSTS SRIKANTH IN MEN’S PLAY

Zii Jia ousts Srikanth, 21-11, 21-17, in a round-of-16 men’s singles match.

Moreover, Malaysia’s world No.7 needed only 30 minutes to send his Indian opponebnt packing.

Furthermore, Zii Jia was dragged to an 8-all standoff before pulling away to take the opening set.

The Malaysian further stepped up in the second set with precision shotmaking to keep Srikanth at bay.

The win sets up Lee to a last-eight matcfhup against IUreland’s Nhat Nguyen.

PRANNOY ELIMINATED; SHETTY ADVANCES AFTER WIN OVER GUNAWAN

HS Prannoy also lost, as he joined Srikabnth in the sidelines.

Furthermore, Prannoy yielded a 21-18, 21-9 decision to Chinese Taipei’s Lin Chun-yi.

Moreover, the Indian shuttler just proved no match against the Taiwanese world No.14, who played a near-perfect performance in the second set.

Meanwhile, Ayush Shetty kept Indian male shuttlers’ hopes alive after his 21-18, 21-9 win over Hong Kong’s Jason Gunawan.

The India world No.48 continued his amazing run after he stunned former world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the previous round.