Published Thu, Jun 10 10 09:57 PM
Chennai, Jun 10 (PTI) Saina Nehwal and Sayali Gokhale reached the quarterfinal in women''s singles while five Indian male shuttlers also made it to the last eight stage of the India Open Grand Prix badminton tournament here today. Top seed Saina snuffed out compatriot Dhanya Nair''s challenge 21-9 21-9, while Sayali tamed another Indian Gayatri Vartak 21-15 21-12 to reach the quarters. In the men''s section, top seed Chetan Anand battled past Saurabh Verma but fourth seed Arvind Bhat, sixth seed Anand Pawar, P Kashyap and RMV Gurusaidutt recorded facile wins to sail into the quarterfinals. From Indian point of view, the only setback of the day was eighth seed Ajay Jayarm''s defeat against Malaysian Tan Chun Seang, who beat the Indian 16-21 21-16 21-18. Against the unseeded Verma, Chetan lost the first game before eking out a 13-21 21-17 21-15 win in 52 minutes to set up a quarterfinal clash with Seang. Among other Indians in fray, fourth seed Aravind Bhat tamed compatriot Abhimanyu Singh 21-12 21-10, sixth seed Anand Pawar thumped Sagar Chopda 21-11 21-10, third seed P Kashyap spanked Srujan Nandaluri 21-15 21-9 and Gurusaidutt thwarted Pratik Patel 21-5 21-3 in their respective pre-quarterfinal matches.
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