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Patna : Fifth seed Kidamabi Srikanth, 27, India, entered the quarter-finals at Danisa Denmark Open, an HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750 event, at Odense Sports Park, Odense V, Denmark, on October 15, 2020. Srikanth beat Jason Anthony HO-Shue, 22, Canada, in straight games 21-15, 21-14 in 33 minutes in 2nd round to reach his first QFs of the year.
Srikanth won 42 rallies in the match to 29 by Jason. He won 6 consecutive points in the match to 3 by the Canadian. It was first match between the two players. Srikanth had defeated Toby Penty, 28, UK, in first round on October 14, 2020.
Second seed Chou Tien Chen, 30, Taiwan, defeated Nhat Nguyen, 20, Vietnam, in straight games 21-8, 21-16 in 42 minutes in 2nd round to advance to the QFs.