Srikanth, the lone Indian shuttler in pre-quarters, will face Chen Long

TWELFTH SEED KIDAMBI SRIKANTH advances to the pre-quarters of the German Grand Prix Gold after a convincing win over Japanese Yusuke Onodera 21-17, 21-18.

Now he will be facing a tough challenge as he is set to face the second seed Chen Long.

Meanwhile, Harshit Aggarwal and Subhankar Dey ended their campaign after losing to Hu Yun 21-15, 21-11 and Ng Ka Long Angus 21-14, 21-8.

This leaves Srikanth as the lone Indian shuttler in the tournament.