Jakarta: 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 Superseries badminton tournament here on Thursday.
Saina, who slipped to World No.3 on Thursday, thrashed Ching 21-13, 21-15 in a 36-minute contest to set up a clash with old foe Shixian Wang in the women's singles quarters.
Kashyap, meanwhile, upstaged Ho 21-11, 21-14 in just 36 minutes and will face top seed Chen Long in the men's singles quarterfinal.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.
The star women’s doubles combo of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa lost the second round match to seventh-seeded local favourites Yu Yang and Zhong Qianxin 8-21, 18-21 in 29 minutes to crash out of the tournament.
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.
