<p class="title">Defending champion Kidambi Srikanth and India ace Saina Nehwal made their way to the quarterfinals of the USD 750,000 French Open BWF World Tour Super 750 here on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Srikanth showed great determination to outwit Korea's world no 25 Lee Dong Keun 12-21, 21-16, 21-18 in a second-round clash that lasted an hour and 13 minutes. The Indian had lost twice to the 27-year-old Korean in the past two meetings.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Saina, who had reached the finals at Denmark Open last week, continued her good run by outwitting former World champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan 10-21, 21-14, 21-17 in another exciting contest. The Indian had beaten Okuhara last week as well.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, both Srikanth and Saina will have a tough task at hand as they face world champion Kento Momota of Japan and world no 1 ranked Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei respectively on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">World No 6 Srikanth will have to bring all his experience to the fore as Momota has outclassed the Indian four times this season. Momota enjoys a 9-3 lead over Srikanth in the head-to-head count.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Saina too has been no match for Tzu Ying, who defeated her in the finals last week at Odense. The Taiwanese has a overwhelming 13-5 record against Saina, who has lost the last 11 times she has faced her.</p>
<p class="title">Defending champion Kidambi Srikanth and India ace Saina Nehwal made their way to the quarterfinals of the USD 750,000 French Open BWF World Tour Super 750 here on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Srikanth showed great determination to outwit Korea's world no 25 Lee Dong Keun 12-21, 21-16, 21-18 in a second-round clash that lasted an hour and 13 minutes. The Indian had lost twice to the 27-year-old Korean in the past two meetings.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Saina, who had reached the finals at Denmark Open last week, continued her good run by outwitting former World champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan 10-21, 21-14, 21-17 in another exciting contest. The Indian had beaten Okuhara last week as well.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, both Srikanth and Saina will have a tough task at hand as they face world champion Kento Momota of Japan and world no 1 ranked Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei respectively on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">World No 6 Srikanth will have to bring all his experience to the fore as Momota has outclassed the Indian four times this season. Momota enjoys a 9-3 lead over Srikanth in the head-to-head count.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Saina too has been no match for Tzu Ying, who defeated her in the finals last week at Odense. The Taiwanese has a overwhelming 13-5 record against Saina, who has lost the last 11 times she has faced her.</p>