The trio, along with HS Prannoy, made it to the quarters in the singles competition on Thursday.
Rio Olympic silver-medallist PV Sindhu continued her rich vein of form as she cemented her spot in the quarter-finals of the ongoing 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) after sweeping aside Australia's Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen in straight games at the Carrara Sports Arena in Gold Coast, Australia, on Thursday.
On the eighth day of CWG 2018, the 22-year-old from Hyderabad made everything look so easy as she clinched a comfortable 21-15, 21-9 win over Wendy Chen in a one-sided last-16 clash of the women's singles event that lasted 34 minutes. Sindhu will now lock horns with Brittney Tam of Canada for a place in the semi-finals of the prestigious quadrennial event.
Saina Nehwal had an easy day in the office too. The Indian ace made her way to the women's singles quarters after her opponent, Jessica Li from Isle of Man, retired hurt after losing the first game 4-21.
In men's singles clash, ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth took the final step to the summit of the Badminton World Federation's (BWF) rankings as he also made it to the last-eight after outplaying Niluka Karunaratne of Sri Lanka in straight games.
Srikanth, who has been in sublime form for quite some time now, clinched an identical 21-10, 21-10 win in two games to storm into the next round. He will now bid for a semi-final spot when he plays the last-eight clash against yet to be decided opponent.
HS Prannoy, the other Indian in the fray, posted a comfortable 21-14, 21-6 win over Mauritius Christopher Jean Paul in a one-sided pre-quarterfinal clash that lasted half an hour.
Meanwhile, the mixed doubles pair of Satwik Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa also booked their place in quarter-finals of the CWG 2018 after brushing aside the Malaysian duo of Kristen Tsai and Nyl Yakura 21-10, 21-7 in just 25 minutes.
In another clash, Pranaav Chopra and N. Sikky Reddy defeated the Singapore team of Danny Bawa Chrisnanta and Jia Ying Crystal WONG 21-19, 21-13 to make it to the next round of the mixed doubles event.
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