<p>Rio-bound Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and K Srikanth registered straight-game wins to reach the quarterfinals of the women's and men's singles events respectively at the USD 750,000 Australian Open Super Series badminton tournament here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>London Olympics bronze-medallist, Saina outclassed Malaysia's Jin Wei Goh 21-12 21-14 in a 37-minute clash to set up a quarterfinal battle with 2013 world champion and second seed Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand.<br /><br />In 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 tomorrow.<br /><br />However, it was curtains for young Tanvi Lad and Sameer Verma after they suffered contrasting defeats in the pre-quarters today.<br /><br />Runners-up at National Championships, Tanvi Lad went down 18-21 6-21 to fourth seed Chinese Wang Yihan, while national champion Sameer played his heart out before going down 21-11 7-21 19-21 to Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia.<br /><br />Saina was lagging initially when Jin took a 4-1 lead and held on to it till 9-7. The Indian then reeled off six points to reach 13-9 and then just zoomed ahead to pocket the first game.<br /><br />In the second game, Saina led 5-2 early on but Jin tried to grab the lead and put up a tough fight before the Indian broke off 9-9 to gradually march ahead. In the end, she comfortably closed the issue.<br /><br />Saina has a 6-5 head-to-head record against Ratchanok but the Indian has lost to the Thai girl twice in straight games in the last two meetings.<br /><br />Srikanth, who had faced a series of first-round losses in the last few tournaments since wining the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold in January, fought back from 4-6 and 13-15 to grab the opening game against Sony.<br /><br />In the second game, Srikanth was more clinical as he surged ahead after 3-3 and never looked back.</p>
<p>Rio-bound Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and K Srikanth registered straight-game wins to reach the quarterfinals of the women's and men's singles events respectively at the USD 750,000 Australian Open Super Series badminton tournament here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>London Olympics bronze-medallist, Saina outclassed Malaysia's Jin Wei Goh 21-12 21-14 in a 37-minute clash to set up a quarterfinal battle with 2013 world champion and second seed Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand.<br /><br />In 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 tomorrow.<br /><br />However, it was curtains for young Tanvi Lad and Sameer Verma after they suffered contrasting defeats in the pre-quarters today.<br /><br />Runners-up at National Championships, Tanvi Lad went down 18-21 6-21 to fourth seed Chinese Wang Yihan, while national champion Sameer played his heart out before going down 21-11 7-21 19-21 to Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia.<br /><br />Saina was lagging initially when Jin took a 4-1 lead and held on to it till 9-7. The Indian then reeled off six points to reach 13-9 and then just zoomed ahead to pocket the first game.<br /><br />In the second game, Saina led 5-2 early on but Jin tried to grab the lead and put up a tough fight before the Indian broke off 9-9 to gradually march ahead. In the end, she comfortably closed the issue.<br /><br />Saina has a 6-5 head-to-head record against Ratchanok but the Indian has lost to the Thai girl twice in straight games in the last two meetings.<br /><br />Srikanth, who had faced a series of first-round losses in the last few tournaments since wining the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold in January, fought back from 4-6 and 13-15 to grab the opening game against Sony.<br /><br />In the second game, Srikanth was more clinical as he surged ahead after 3-3 and never looked back.</p>