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Patna : Top seed Kidambi Srikanth, 28, India, 3rd seed Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus, 35, Denmark, 4th seed Kunlavut Viditsarn, 19, Thailand, Malaysia, and World No 36 Brice Leverdez, 34, France, reached the quarter-finals of BWF Orleans Masters 2021 in France on March 25, 2021.
Srikanth beat World No 78 Cheam June Wei, 24, Malaysia, in straight games 21-17, 22-20 in 46 minutes in 3rd round to reach QFs of the event. Srikanth won 43 rallies in the match to 37 by Cheam. He won 4 consecutive points during the match to 3 by Cheam. Srikanth now leads Cheam 2-0 Head to Head.
Vittinghus defeated World No 101 Chirag Sen, 22, India, in a three-game contest 14-21, 21-9, 21-17 in 43 minute coming back from one game down. Vittinghus won 56 rallies in the match to 47 by Chirag Sen. This was first meeting between the two players. Kunlavut Viditsarn beat Xiadong Sheng 21-15, 21-11 in in 38 minutes to enter QFs.
Leverdez defeated World No 112 Kiran George, 21, India, in a hard fought three-game contest 21-15, 14-21, 21-19 in 63 minutes in third round to reach QFs. Leverdez won 56 rallies during the match to 55 by George. He won 10 consecutive points in the match to 8 by the India. This was first meeting between the two players.