Jakarta: India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty shocked top seed Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto to sail into the men's doubles semifinals before H S Prannoy entered the last-four stage of men's singles competition at the Indonesia Open here on Friday.

Keralite Prannoy registered a 21-18, 21-16 win over Kodai Naraoka of Japan to book his spot in the semifinals.

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However, Kidambi Srikanth bowed out of the men's singles competition after going down fighting to China's Li Shi Feng in the quarterfinals.

The first Indian to take the court, Srikanth lost 14-21, 21-14, 12-21 in one hour and nine minutes to world No. 10 Feng.

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The seventh-seeded duo of Rankireddy and Shetty then displayed a flawless game to outwit Indonesia's Alfian and Adrianto 21-13, 21-13 in 41 minutes.

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