<p>Second seed Saina needed less than half an hour to send Buranaprasertsuk packing 21-18, 22-20 to set up a clash with another Thai, Ratchanok Intanon, in the round of 16.<br />The world number eight Indian rode on her better net play and powerful smashes to pocket the first game after going neck and neck at 14-all.<br /><br />In the next game, the Hyderabadi opened up a lead of 8-3 but her Thai rival reeled off three quick points to close the gap at 9-7 and draw level at 12-12 before surging ahead at 20-19. The Indian, however, shoved down three straight points to seal the match.<br />Arvind Bhat and Ajay Jayaram also advanced to the men’s pre-quarterfinals, though it was curtains for compatriots Chetan Anand, Anup Sridhar, P Kashyap, Anand Pawar in men’s singles and Aditi Mutatkar in the women’s singles.<br /><br />Ninth seed Arvind had to toil hard for his 21-16, 16-21, 21-16 win over Sune Gavnholt of Denmark. The lanky Indian then defeated Yongzhao Ashton Chen of Singapore 21-18, 17-21, 21-15 in the second round to set up a pre-quarterfinal clash with Long Chen of China. <br /><br />The promising Ajay beat Malaysian Chong Chieh 21-16, 21-8 in the first round and then got the better off Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin of Malaysia 21-13, 24-22 to set up a last 16 clash with Yun Hu of Hong Kong on Thursday.<br /><br />Third seed Chetan tumbled in the first round to Iskandar 16-21, 21-18, 17-21, while 16th seed Anup went down to Japanese Koichi Saeki 21-17, 11-21, 17-21.<br /><br />Pawar also experienced a similar fate, losing to Malaysian Wei Feng Chong 14-21, 21-11, 15-21 in the first round.<br /><br />Twelfth seed Kashyap, however, won his first round match against Kazuteru Kozai 21-13, 14-21, 21-11 but couldn’t continue his good work and lost to local player Chun Seang Tan 20-22, 11-21 in the second round.<br /><br />Mutatkar was also the first round casualty as she pulled out of the game after 19 minutes into the match against Singaporean Mingtian Fu. The Indian was trailing 11-21, 4-11 when she retired.</p>
<p>Second seed Saina needed less than half an hour to send Buranaprasertsuk packing 21-18, 22-20 to set up a clash with another Thai, Ratchanok Intanon, in the round of 16.<br />The world number eight Indian rode on her better net play and powerful smashes to pocket the first game after going neck and neck at 14-all.<br /><br />In the next game, the Hyderabadi opened up a lead of 8-3 but her Thai rival reeled off three quick points to close the gap at 9-7 and draw level at 12-12 before surging ahead at 20-19. The Indian, however, shoved down three straight points to seal the match.<br />Arvind Bhat and Ajay Jayaram also advanced to the men’s pre-quarterfinals, though it was curtains for compatriots Chetan Anand, Anup Sridhar, P Kashyap, Anand Pawar in men’s singles and Aditi Mutatkar in the women’s singles.<br /><br />Ninth seed Arvind had to toil hard for his 21-16, 16-21, 21-16 win over Sune Gavnholt of Denmark. The lanky Indian then defeated Yongzhao Ashton Chen of Singapore 21-18, 17-21, 21-15 in the second round to set up a pre-quarterfinal clash with Long Chen of China. <br /><br />The promising Ajay beat Malaysian Chong Chieh 21-16, 21-8 in the first round and then got the better off Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin of Malaysia 21-13, 24-22 to set up a last 16 clash with Yun Hu of Hong Kong on Thursday.<br /><br />Third seed Chetan tumbled in the first round to Iskandar 16-21, 21-18, 17-21, while 16th seed Anup went down to Japanese Koichi Saeki 21-17, 11-21, 17-21.<br /><br />Pawar also experienced a similar fate, losing to Malaysian Wei Feng Chong 14-21, 21-11, 15-21 in the first round.<br /><br />Twelfth seed Kashyap, however, won his first round match against Kazuteru Kozai 21-13, 14-21, 21-11 but couldn’t continue his good work and lost to local player Chun Seang Tan 20-22, 11-21 in the second round.<br /><br />Mutatkar was also the first round casualty as she pulled out of the game after 19 minutes into the match against Singaporean Mingtian Fu. The Indian was trailing 11-21, 4-11 when she retired.</p>