The second-seeded Dens spent 59 minutes on the court to top the unseeded black horse in three games, 21-13, 9-21, 21-13, consolidating his confidence ahead of the BWF World Tour Finals kicking off in three days.
Batra had another opportunity to create history but she faltered yet again, losing the women's doubles quarterfinals with her partner Archana Kamath in straight games.
Manika and Archana Kamath defeated Hungary's Dora Madarasz and Georgina Pota 11-4 11-9 6-11 11-7 in the women's doubles round of 16 here on Friday.
Third seed Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, lost 21-15 9-21 14-21 to world no 8 and second-seeded Ratchanok in 54 minutes for her third semifinal finish on the trot.
G Sathiyan lost 3-4 (9-11, 11-7, 15-13, 3-11, 11-4, 9-11, 7-11) to the 2018 Commonwealth Games silver medallist Quadri Aruna of Nigeria in the men's singles. With Sathiyan's loss, India's singles campaign at the tournament came to an end.
Carlos Arthur Nuzman, the head of the Brazilian Olympic Committee for more than two decades, was found guilty of corruption, criminal organisation, money laundering and tax evasion.
The 20th Asian Team Championship -- both men and women -- is slated in Kuala Lumpur from November 30 to December 4 while the Worlds event will take place in the same city from December 7.
The reigning world champion had to toil hard to get the better of Yujin 14-21, 21-19, 21-14 in the quarterfinal that lasted an hour and six minutes.
Two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu hardly broke a sweat to win the second round clash 21-12 21-18 against world No. 26 Germany's Yvonne Li in 37 minutes at the USD 850,000 event.
The 20-year-old from Almora has enjoyed an impressive run on the BWF world tour and is currently ranked fifth in the World Tour rankings.
The reigning world champion hardly broke a sweat to win the second round clash 21-12, 21-18 against the World No.26 in 37 minutes
The world number 37 from India defeated his 179th-ranked opponent Russia's Vladimir Sidorenko 11-9, 11-9, 11-8, 11-6 in the round of 64.
Sharath Kamal bowed out of the men's singles competition in the first round while Ayhika Mukherjee advanced to the women's singles second round.
India's double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu showed great determination to outwit her opponent in the women's singles opening round, while B Sai Praneeth and Kidmabi Srikanth also advanced to the men's singles second round of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 event.
21-year-old Laskhya lost 21-23, 15-21 to the two-time world champion Kento Momota in 53 minutes after gruelling battle in the first game.
Both the male and female 400m runners, who were training at the NIS Patiala, left for the Kerala capital on Monday.
TS Diljith and Tijil Rao won a race each in the LGB Formula 4 class in Round 2 of the 24th JK Tyre FMSCI National Racing Championship
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Sindhu, seeded third, was not at her usual best and trailed her Japanese opponent from the start in both the games.
Playing on Court 2, former world number one Kidambi beat the 2014 Indonesia Masters champion Prannoy by 21-7, 21-18 in a 39-minute encounter.
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