Birmingham, March 13 -- Lakshya Sen advanced into the quarterfinals of the ongoing All England Open, knocking out the defending champion and third-seed, Jonatan Christie, in the pre-quarterfinals clash at Birmingham on Thursday.

In his round of 16 clash, Lakshya dismantled Jonatan in a one-sided clash by 21-13, 21-10 in successive games to make it to the final eight stage of the competition.

Meanwhile, after two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu was eliminated in the opening round, India's challenge in women's singles has finally come to an end with Malvika Bansod crashing out, losing to third-seed Akane Yamaguchi 21-16, 21-13 in her round-of-16 match.

Sindhu, 16th in the women's singles badminton rankings, went down to world number 21 K...