Saina, Anand storm into pre-quarters

Top seed Saina blew away Juhi Dewangan 21-5, 21-2 in just 14 minutes to set up a clash with Chitralekha, while Chetan took 29 minutes to prevail over Srujan Nandaluri 21-19, 21-12.

Ajay Jayaram, the winner of the national senior-ranking tourney in Bangalore last week, got the better of German Marcel Reuter 21-16, 21-13 in the second round for a place in the last 16.

Results (India unless specified otherwise):
Men: Second round: 8-RMV Guru Sai Dutt bt Kumar K Ajay 21-8, 21-6; Ajay Jayaram bt Marcel Reuter (Ger) 21-16, 21-13; 5-Dyonisius Hayom Rumbaka (Ina) bt B Kiran Kumar 21-9, 21-14; Dieter Domke (Ger) bt Manish Rawat 21-18, 21-18; 4-Parupalli Kashyap bt K Nandgopal 21-10, 21-16; B Sai Praneeth bt Tanvir Gill 21-15, 21-17; Kwong Beng Chan (Mal) bt Mayank Behal 21-12, 21-12.

Women: First round: 4-Chitralekha bt Jayasinghe Thilni (SL) 21-10, 21-19; 5-Fransiska Ratnasari (Ina) bt Anita Ohlan 20-22, 21-13, 21-9; Misaki Matsutomo (Jpn) bt Thulasi PC 13-21, 21-16, 21-15; 3-Maja Tvrdy (Slo) bt Sampada Sahasrabudhe 21-15, 22-24, 21-16; 6-Jeanine Cicognini (Sui) bt Gayatri Vartak 22-20, 17-21, 21-11;  Parssa Naqvi bt Sabina Panthi (Nep) 21-12, 21-5; Hirayama Yu (Jpn) bt Arundhati Pantawane 21-10, 21-9; 7-Trupti Murgunde bt Sara Naqvi 21-9, 21-15; Neha Pandit bt Nansala Tamang (Nep) 21-9, 21-8; 4-Aditi Mutatkar bt Saili Rane 21-8, 21-7.