<p>Defending champion Sayali blew away unseeded V Jyothiswaroopa’s challenge 21-5, 21-6 in the women’s category, while title favourite Ajay Jayaram got the better off Ankur 21-11, 21-7 in the men’s event in their respective third round matches.<br /><br />Other top stars, including RMV Gurusai Dutt, Arvind Bhat, Chetan Anand, Anup Sridhar, P Kashyap in men’s singles and Trupti Murgunde, Aditi Mutatkar and Gayatari Vartak in women’s singles also progressed to the round of 16.<br /><br />In the men’s category, second seeded Gurusai thrashed Kumar Sandeep 21-10, 21-6, while third seeded Arvind beat Anirban Chetia 21-18, 21-3.<br /><br />Chetan humbled Tushar Badeccha 21-8, 21-14, Sridhar beat qualifier T Dinesh 21-12, 21-5 and fourth seeded Kashyap prevailed over Kiran Kumar 21-6, 21-12 to reach the fourth round.<br /><br />In the women’s singles, second seeded Murgunde came back from a one-game deficit to beat PV Sindhu 17-21, 21-15, 21-13. Seventh seeded Mutatkar beat Sneha Shantilal 21-14, 21-5 while fourth seeded Vartak trounced Vaishali Baria 21-13, 21-8.<br />Among others in women singles, fifth seeded PC Thulasi beat Jacqueline Rose Kunnath 21-16, 21-5, while third seeded Mudra Dhainje prevailed over Khiranki Sengupta 21-14, 21-9.</p>
<p>Defending champion Sayali blew away unseeded V Jyothiswaroopa’s challenge 21-5, 21-6 in the women’s category, while title favourite Ajay Jayaram got the better off Ankur 21-11, 21-7 in the men’s event in their respective third round matches.<br /><br />Other top stars, including RMV Gurusai Dutt, Arvind Bhat, Chetan Anand, Anup Sridhar, P Kashyap in men’s singles and Trupti Murgunde, Aditi Mutatkar and Gayatari Vartak in women’s singles also progressed to the round of 16.<br /><br />In the men’s category, second seeded Gurusai thrashed Kumar Sandeep 21-10, 21-6, while third seeded Arvind beat Anirban Chetia 21-18, 21-3.<br /><br />Chetan humbled Tushar Badeccha 21-8, 21-14, Sridhar beat qualifier T Dinesh 21-12, 21-5 and fourth seeded Kashyap prevailed over Kiran Kumar 21-6, 21-12 to reach the fourth round.<br /><br />In the women’s singles, second seeded Murgunde came back from a one-game deficit to beat PV Sindhu 17-21, 21-15, 21-13. Seventh seeded Mutatkar beat Sneha Shantilal 21-14, 21-5 while fourth seeded Vartak trounced Vaishali Baria 21-13, 21-8.<br />Among others in women singles, fifth seeded PC Thulasi beat Jacqueline Rose Kunnath 21-16, 21-5, while third seeded Mudra Dhainje prevailed over Khiranki Sengupta 21-14, 21-9.</p>