Kidambi Srikanth rallied from a game down to beat World No. 7 Jonatan Christie of Indonesia 13-21, 21-18, 21-15 to enter the quarterfinal of the Indonesia Masters 750.
Srikanth will now face the winner of the match between compatriot HS Prannoy and World No. 2 Victor Axelsen.
In the opening round, Srikanth staved off a stiff challenge from world no 71 France's Christo Popov 21-18 15-21 21-16 in an hour and 15 minutes