Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu stormed into the women's singles quarter-finals of the Syed Modi International badminton tournament after registering a straight-game win over American Lauren Lam here on Thursday.
Top seed Sindhu took just 33 minutes to get the better of her American rival 21-16 21-13 in her second-round match.
Sindhu will take on sixth-seeded Thai shuttler Supanida Katethong in the last-eight stage.
Sindhu had earlier defeated compatriot Tanya hemanth 21-9 21-9 in her campaign-opener.
In another women's singles second round match, India's Samiya Imad Farooqui entered the quarterfinals after beating compatriot Kanika Kanwal 21-6 21-15.
Anupama Upadhyaya beat Smit Toshniwal 21-12 21-19 to set up a clash against Farooqui.
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