<p class="title">Second seed PV Sindhu sailed into the women's singles quarterfinals with a comfortable win while compatriot Saina Nehwal crashed out of the Hong Kong Open Superseries here on Thursday.</p>.<p class="title">Sindhu, who slipped a place to be number three in the world rankings released on Thursday, defeated Japan's Aya Ohori 21-14, 21-17 in a second round match lasting 39 minutes. It was Sindhu's third win over the Japanese in as many meetings.</p>.<p class="title">The Indian faces another Japanese, fifth seed Akane Yamaguchi, in the quarterfinals on Friday.</p>.<p class="title">Tenth-ranked Nehwal, however, ran out of steam to lose to China's Chen Yufei and eighth seed 21-18, 19-21, 10-21 in a second round match lasting an hour. The players met for the first time.</p>.<p class="title">It was also curtains for India in the men's singles after 10th-ranked HS Prannoy went down fighting to Japan's Kazumasa Sakai 21-11, 10-21, 15-21 in a 54-minute battle. The 23-ranked Japanese got the better of Prannoy for the third time in as many matches.</p>.<p class="title">Parupalli Kashyap and Sourabh Verma had lost in the opening round.</p>
<p class="title">Second seed PV Sindhu sailed into the women's singles quarterfinals with a comfortable win while compatriot Saina Nehwal crashed out of the Hong Kong Open Superseries here on Thursday.</p>.<p class="title">Sindhu, who slipped a place to be number three in the world rankings released on Thursday, defeated Japan's Aya Ohori 21-14, 21-17 in a second round match lasting 39 minutes. It was Sindhu's third win over the Japanese in as many meetings.</p>.<p class="title">The Indian faces another Japanese, fifth seed Akane Yamaguchi, in the quarterfinals on Friday.</p>.<p class="title">Tenth-ranked Nehwal, however, ran out of steam to lose to China's Chen Yufei and eighth seed 21-18, 19-21, 10-21 in a second round match lasting an hour. The players met for the first time.</p>.<p class="title">It was also curtains for India in the men's singles after 10th-ranked HS Prannoy went down fighting to Japan's Kazumasa Sakai 21-11, 10-21, 15-21 in a 54-minute battle. The 23-ranked Japanese got the better of Prannoy for the third time in as many matches.</p>.<p class="title">Parupalli Kashyap and Sourabh Verma had lost in the opening round.</p>
