Sindhu will face 2022 Indonesia Masters champion Gao Fang Jie, who had played an important role in China’s win at the Asia Mixed Team Championships this year.
Sen, who is a Commonwealth Games gold medallist, takes on Belgium’s Julien Carraggi.
However, Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala couldn’t cross the pre-quarterfinal stage, going down 9-21 11-21 to Indonesian second seed and world number 7 Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan.
Sen has been slowly regaining his touch after going through a lean patch early in the season.
On Thursday, Sen faced a tough battle against Coelho, who erased a 0-2 deficit with a four-point burst and then kept it tight. The duo moved neck and neck till 13-13 when Sen managed to march ahead and sealed the contest after jumping to 20-15 with a five-point burst. In the second game, Sen hardly had any issues as he galloped to 12-2 and took giant strides to comfortably seal the match.
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