Saina Nehwal and K. Srikanth produced yet another fine display to progress to the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Masters here on Thursday.
Saina, seeded seventh, took 39 minutes to tame Hong Kong’s Pui Yin Yip 21-14 21-16 in her second round encounter.
She will play second seed and 2017 World champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the last-eight stage of the first Super 500 tournament of the year on Friday.
In men’s singles, Srikanth scored a hard-fought 23-21, 8-21, 21-18 win over Hong Kong’s Wong Wing Ki Vincent to set up a fight with fourth-seeded Korean Son Wan Ho.
Former Commonwealth Games champion P. Kashyap, however, bowed out of the tournament after his loss to 21-17, 25-23 loss to Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia.
The women’s doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy suffered a 21-18, 21-17 loss to Indonesian combination of Ni Ketut Mahadewi Istarani and Rizki Amelia Pradipta.
The results (second round): Men: K. Srikanth bt Wong Wing Ki Vincent (HK) 23-21, 8-21, 21-18; Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Ina) bt P. Kashyap 21-17, 25-23.
Women: Saina Nehwal bt Pui Yin Yip (HK) 21-14 21-16. Doubles: Ni Ketut Mahadewi Istarani & Rizki Amelia Pradipta (Ina) bt Ashwini Ponnappa & N. Sikki Reddy 21-18, 21-17.
