Saina, Aditi in quarters; men''s challenge over

Published Thu, Apr 15 10 08:59 PM

New Delhi, Apr 15 (PTI) Saina Nehwal and Aditi Mutatkar reached the women''s quarterfinals but it was all over for India in the men''s singles after lone survivor P Kashyap lost after a gallant fight in the pre-quarterfinals of Asian Badminton Championship here today. Top seeds Jwala Gutta and V Diju reached the mixed doubles quarterfinals after winning their second round match against Sheng Mu Lee and Yu Chin Chien of Chinese Taipei 24-22 21-15. The world number 12 pair will next face Chinese duo of Zihan Qiu and Qing Tian tomorrow. Top seed Saina relied on long rallies to outclass Julia Pei Xian Wong of Malaysia 21-14 21-16 and set up a clash with arch-rival seventh seed Mew Choo Wong of Malaysia in the quarterfinals tomorrow. Earlier, 13th seed Kashyap had bounced back from a game down and was going neck and neck in the third when a decision against him derailed his campaign and the Andra Pradesh player lost the battle 16-21 21-18 13-21 against Yun Hu. Back from injury, Aditi also made a remarkable comeback from 16-20 down to eventually win the match 23-21 21-11 against Hsiao Huan Chen of Chinese Taipei. She will face Chinese qualifier Xin Liu in the quarterfinals tomorrow. Xin beat eighth seed Japanese Sayaka Sato in another match. However, the biggest upset of the day was scripted by Hsuan Yi Hsueh of Chinese Taipei who sent top seed Indonesian Taufik Hidayat packing 22-20 21-16 in a 39-minute clash to register the biggest win of his career. Second seed Lin Dan, meanwhile, won his match against Chinese Taipei''s Tien Chen Chou 21-8 21-17 in 30 minutes. Third seed Indian men''s doubles pair of Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas reached the quarterfinals after notching up consecutive wins on the second day at the Siri Fort stadium here. The Indian pair steamrolled Bangladesh duo of Rais Mohd Uddin and Jabed Mostafa Mohd 21-10 21-2 and then beat Thai pair of Patipat Chalardchaleam and Thitipong Lapoe 21-14 21-15. However, it was curtains for Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa after the pair squandered a first game lead to go down 21-18 15-21 17-21 to Indonesian combo of Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii in women''s doubles. Shruti Kurian and Aparna Balan also crashed out after losing their second match against sixth seed Chinese pair of Pan Pan and Qing Tian 10-21 12-21 in 24 minutes. Earlier, they had beaten Singaporean pair of Aiying Xing and Beiwen Zhang 21-14 21-9 in the first round. .

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