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Former World No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth defeated World No. 8 Kodai Naraoka in a three-game thriller to advance to the quarter-finals of the Japan Masters, a BWF World Tour Super 500 tournament at the Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium. Srikanth, who had a 0-4 head-to-head record against Naraoka, won the first game 21-15, despite trailing 12-14. Naraoka fought back to force a decider, but Srikanth regained control to win 21-18 in 60 minutes. Lakshya Sen, the newly crowned Hylo Open champion, also advanced to the last eight with a comfortable win over China's Dong Tian Yao.
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