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Karthikeya Gulshan Kumar: India’s Karthikeya Gulshan Kumar and Malvika Bansod came up with a clinical performance to advance to the next round in the Guwahati Masters Super 100 badminton tournament here on Thursday.

Karthikeya Gulshan Kumar upset fifth seed Mads Christophersen of Denmark in straight games to reach the men’s singles quarterfinals.

The Indian men’s doubles combination of Achutaditya Rao and Venkata Harsha Vardhan then proved their mettle with a 24-22, 23-21 win over fourth seeds Wei Chun Wei and Wu Guan Xun of Chinese Taipei.