Macau: Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal booked her place in the quarter-finals of the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold tournament as she came back from a game down to beat Indonesia’s Dinar Dyah Ayustine, on Thursday.
The ace badminton player registered a 17-21, 21-18, 21-12 win over the Indonesian opponent in a clash that lasted about an hour.
Saina will now face China’s Zhang Yiman in the quarter-finals.
Earlier in the first round, the shuttler beat another Indonesian Hanna Ramadini 21-23, 21-14, 21-18, on Wednesday.
However, it was curtains for P Kashyap and men's doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy.
Kashyap, who is on a comeback trail, put up a gallant fight before losing 13-21 20-22 to Lin Yu Hsien of Chinese Taipei in a 45-minute duel.
Third seeds Manu and Sumeeth also fought hard before going down 20-22 19-21 to Singapore's Danny Bawa Chrisnanta and Hendra Wijaya.
