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Jakarta, June 4: Saina Nehwal breezed past Chinese Taipei’s Hsu Ya Ching while Parupalli Kashyap stunned World No. 5 Son Wan Ho in straight games to make it to the quarterfinals of the Indonesian Open Super Series badminton tournament here Thursday.
Saina, thrashed Ching 21-13, 21-15 in a 36-minute contest to set up a clash with old foe Shixian Wang in the quarters.
Kashyap, meanwhile, upstaged Wan Ho 21-11, 21-14 in just 36 minutes and will face top seed Chen Long in a last eight encounter.
However, Kidambi Srikanth bowed out after going down 21-14, 20-22, 13-21 to Ginting Anthony of Indonesia in a battle that lasted 54 minutes.
Saina, seeded second, put up a thoroughly clinical performance against her unseeded rival, clinching the first game in a mere 14 minutes.
Ching fought a tad harder in the second game but Saina dominated the proceedings just enough to pocket the match in just over half an hour.
Kashyap after opening up a 4-0 lead dominated the proceedings and closed out the first game. In the second game, Wan Ho bounced back with a 2-0 lead to begin with but Kashyap soon caught up with him at 3-3 and the battle continued till 6-6 before the Indian reeled off six points on the trot to make it 12-6. There was no looking back for Kashyap thereafter and he eventually sealed the game and the match comfortably.
Meanwhile, it was curtains for the Indians in the doubles events. Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa lost the second round match of women’s doubles to Yu Yang and Zhong Qianxin 8-21, 18-21 while Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Akshay Dewalkar went down to Chai Biao and Hong Wei 13-21, 11-21 in the men’s doubles.
