Kidambi Srikanth enters Rio Olympics quarters: Twitterati laud Indian shuttler

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 15: Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth defeated Denmark's Jan O Jorgensen to enter the quarter-finals of the Rio Olympics 2016 here on Monday.

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World No.11 Srikanth registered a 21-19, 21-19 triumph in 42 minutes over the world No.5 Jorgensen in the pre-quarterfinal tie.

11th ranked Srikanth will now face China's Lin Dan, who is 6 time All England Champion, 2 time Olympic champion and 5 time world champion.

Soon after his victory people congratulated the shuttler on Twitter:

Huge win for Kidambi Srikanth. Into the quarters in men's badminton.. The legend Lin Dan next!!

— Somdev Devvarman (@SomdevD) August 15, 2016

11th ranked Kidambi #Srikanth wl face
Lin Dan - 6 time All England Champion, 2 time Olympic champion and 5 time world champion! #badminton

— Deal With It (@suhasmatiwade) August 15, 2016

Stat to remember: Last time when Srikanth faced Lin Dan, Srikanth won in straight games! !

— India@Sports (@India_At_Rio) August 15, 2016

And Srikanth wins!!!!!!yay come on India

— taapsee pannu (@taapsee) August 15, 2016

Kadambi Srikanth...very very well played. Take a bow. 😊👍👏👏🇮🇳🇮🇳 #India #Olympics #Badminton

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) August 15, 2016

#Ind World #11 Srikanth Kidambi beat World #5 Jan Jorgensen #Den 21-19, 21-19 to reach last eight
in Men's #Badminton #Rio2016 #Olympics

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) August 15, 2016

Srikanth Kidambi in red hot form. Wins a tight first game. More power to his smashes. #Rio2016 #Olympics Hope floats.

— Rahul Kanwal (@rahulkanwal) August 15, 2016

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