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Lee Zii Jia: Singles stars P.V Sindhu and Ashmita Chaliha were the lone Indian players remaining in the draw as the top women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, the seventh seeds, crashed out of the Malaysia Masters 2024 here on Thursday.

Two-time Olympic medallist and former Malaysia Masters winner Sindhu defeated a Korean opponent in three games while Ashmita stunned the third seed from Malaysia in 43 minutes as both stormed into the women's singles quarterfinals.

In men's singles, Kiran George went down to fifth-seeded Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia in straight games while in men's doubles, Krishna Prasad Garaga and Sai Pratheek K. were ousted in straight games in the pre-quarterfinals.