<p>Saina, seeded fifth in the prestigious tournament, beat unseeded Tzu Ying Tai 21-17, 21-17 in a second round match that lasted 30 minutes.<br /><br />In the quarterfinals, she will meet Eriko Hirose of Japan, who beat Salakjit Ponsana of Thailand 21-13, 18-21, 21-13 in another second round match on Thursday night.<br /><br />Saina dominated her rival at the nets and in smashes, and in both the games she was the one who made the final flourish after a stiff contest.<br /><br />The first game saw neck-on-neck tussle between the two as they were standing locked at 8-8 and then 14-14. But after that, Saina won five consecutive points to race to 19-14 before taking the game.<br /><br />In the second game also, there was a stiff fight from the Chinese Taipei player and the two were locked 17-17 before Saina took four consecutive points to wrap up the match.<br />Saina is now the only Indian shuttler left in the tournament as all her compatriots have already crashed out.<br /><br />In the mixed doubles section, V Diju and Jwala Gutta lost to fifth-seeded Chinese pair of Tao Jiaming and Qing Tian 11-21, 12-21 in a second round match. In the women’s doubles category, the Indian duo of Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa suffered heartbreak as they lost to Denmark’s Line Damkjaer Kruse and Marie Roepke 17-21, 21-19, 21-18 in a hard-fought second-round match that lasted 53 minutes.</p>.<p><br />In the men’s doubles event, Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas lost to eighth-seeded Indonesian pair of Mohammad Ahsan and Bona Septano 16-21, 16-21 in the second round.<br /></p>
<p>Saina, seeded fifth in the prestigious tournament, beat unseeded Tzu Ying Tai 21-17, 21-17 in a second round match that lasted 30 minutes.<br /><br />In the quarterfinals, she will meet Eriko Hirose of Japan, who beat Salakjit Ponsana of Thailand 21-13, 18-21, 21-13 in another second round match on Thursday night.<br /><br />Saina dominated her rival at the nets and in smashes, and in both the games she was the one who made the final flourish after a stiff contest.<br /><br />The first game saw neck-on-neck tussle between the two as they were standing locked at 8-8 and then 14-14. But after that, Saina won five consecutive points to race to 19-14 before taking the game.<br /><br />In the second game also, there was a stiff fight from the Chinese Taipei player and the two were locked 17-17 before Saina took four consecutive points to wrap up the match.<br />Saina is now the only Indian shuttler left in the tournament as all her compatriots have already crashed out.<br /><br />In the mixed doubles section, V Diju and Jwala Gutta lost to fifth-seeded Chinese pair of Tao Jiaming and Qing Tian 11-21, 12-21 in a second round match. In the women’s doubles category, the Indian duo of Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa suffered heartbreak as they lost to Denmark’s Line Damkjaer Kruse and Marie Roepke 17-21, 21-19, 21-18 in a hard-fought second-round match that lasted 53 minutes.</p>.<p><br />In the men’s doubles event, Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas lost to eighth-seeded Indonesian pair of Mohammad Ahsan and Bona Septano 16-21, 16-21 in the second round.<br /></p>