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Australian Open Super Series: Quarter-final berths for Saina Nehwal, Srikanth

PTI
Published : Jun 9, 2016, 11:14 pm IST
Updated : Jun 9, 2016, 11:14 pm IST

Rio-bound shuttlers Saina Nehwal and K. Srikanth registered straight-games wins to reach the quarter-finals of the $750,000 Australian Open Super Series badminton tournament in Sydney on Thursday.

Saina Nehwal
 Saina Nehwal

Rio-bound shuttlers Saina Nehwal and K. Srikanth registered straight-games wins to reach the quarter-finals of the $750,000 Australian Open Super Series badminton tournament in Sydney on Thursday.

London Olympics bronze medallist, Saina outclassed Malaysia’s Jin Wei Goh 21-12, 21-14 in a 37-minute clash to set up a quarter-final battle with 2013 world champion and second seed Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand.

In the men’s singles, Srikanth, who had taken a break for a month to train after a hectic April, defeated Indonesia’s Sony Dwi Kuncoro 21-19, 21-12 in 34 minutes. The world no. 13 will next face Korean qualifier Kwang Hee Heo on Friday.

However, it was curtains for young Tanvi Lad and Sameer Verma after they suffered contrasting defeats in the pre-quarters.

Runner-up at the national championships, Tanvi went down 18-21, 6-21 to fourth seed Chinese Wang Yihan, while national champion Sameer played his heart out before losing to 21-11, 7-21, 19-21 to Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia.

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