<p>Second seed Saina rallied to outlast Intanon 18-21, 21-12, 21-18 in a 46-minute clash to set up a quarterfinal with Chinese qualifier Xin Wang on Friday. <br /><br />Xin thumped sixth-seeded Japanese Ai Goto 21-14, 21-14 in another pre-quarterfinal.<br />Intanon played better from the net and scored from her smashes but could not get past Saina, who recovered well from a game down to get the better of her Thai rival.<br /><br />In a see-saw battle, Intanon had the upper hand when she overcame Saina in the first game. Even though Saina played well, the game slipped through her fingers.<br /><br />With her back to the wall, the world number eight Indian switched into an aggressive mode in the next game and raced to a 9-6 lead before pocketing it comfortably at the end.<br /><br />At 1-1, the decider turned out to be a perfect pot-boiler as fortunes fluctuated with the two involved in a tooth and nail battle. At 1-1, the decider turned out to be a perfect pot-boiler as fortunes fluctuated with the two involving in a tooth and nail battle. <br /><br />Saina raced to a 10-5 lead but the Thai soon reeled off four straight points to claw back and reduce the gap to 9-10 before Saina changed gears and eventually sealed the issue.<br /><br />However, it was curtains for Arvind Bhat and Ajay Jayaram in men’s singles. Ninth-seeded Arvind was trounced by Chinese Long Chen 5-21, 11-21 in just 27 minutes, while Ajay went down to Yun Hu of Hong Kong 15-21, 14-21 within half an hour.<br /><br />India’s mixed doubles pair of V Diju and Jwala Gutta brushed aside the Malaysian duo of Wee tat Tan and Hui Ern Ng 21-12, 21-12 to move into the quarterfinals, where they will meet the Indonesian pair of Hendra Aprida Gunawan and Vita Marissa on Friday.<br /><br />The men’s doubles pair of Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas won their first-round match against the sixth-seeded Chinese duo of Zhiben Chen and Ye Shen 14-21, 21-15, 21-16 in a 53-minute clash. They will next face the Malaysian pair of Teik Chai Gan and Bin Shen Tan.</p>
<p>Second seed Saina rallied to outlast Intanon 18-21, 21-12, 21-18 in a 46-minute clash to set up a quarterfinal with Chinese qualifier Xin Wang on Friday. <br /><br />Xin thumped sixth-seeded Japanese Ai Goto 21-14, 21-14 in another pre-quarterfinal.<br />Intanon played better from the net and scored from her smashes but could not get past Saina, who recovered well from a game down to get the better of her Thai rival.<br /><br />In a see-saw battle, Intanon had the upper hand when she overcame Saina in the first game. Even though Saina played well, the game slipped through her fingers.<br /><br />With her back to the wall, the world number eight Indian switched into an aggressive mode in the next game and raced to a 9-6 lead before pocketing it comfortably at the end.<br /><br />At 1-1, the decider turned out to be a perfect pot-boiler as fortunes fluctuated with the two involved in a tooth and nail battle. At 1-1, the decider turned out to be a perfect pot-boiler as fortunes fluctuated with the two involving in a tooth and nail battle. <br /><br />Saina raced to a 10-5 lead but the Thai soon reeled off four straight points to claw back and reduce the gap to 9-10 before Saina changed gears and eventually sealed the issue.<br /><br />However, it was curtains for Arvind Bhat and Ajay Jayaram in men’s singles. Ninth-seeded Arvind was trounced by Chinese Long Chen 5-21, 11-21 in just 27 minutes, while Ajay went down to Yun Hu of Hong Kong 15-21, 14-21 within half an hour.<br /><br />India’s mixed doubles pair of V Diju and Jwala Gutta brushed aside the Malaysian duo of Wee tat Tan and Hui Ern Ng 21-12, 21-12 to move into the quarterfinals, where they will meet the Indonesian pair of Hendra Aprida Gunawan and Vita Marissa on Friday.<br /><br />The men’s doubles pair of Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas won their first-round match against the sixth-seeded Chinese duo of Zhiben Chen and Ye Shen 14-21, 21-15, 21-16 in a 53-minute clash. They will next face the Malaysian pair of Teik Chai Gan and Bin Shen Tan.</p>