PV Sindhu brushed aside her Japanese opponent in just 30 minutes to join her country-mate Saina Nehwal in the last eight of the Super 500 event. This was Sindhu's ninth straight win over the Japanese, maintaining a 100 percent winning record against her.
Sindhu will take on either world No.1 Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan or seventh seed South Korean Sung Ji Hyun in the quarter-finals.
It was curtians for India's men shuttlers at the event after both HS Prannoy and Sameer Verma lost their respective second round matches On the other hand, Sameer went down in a hard-fought battle against Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia. The Indian missed a quarter-final berth narrowly as he suffered a 21-19, 21-20 loss in a closely fought match, lasting for 52 minutes.
Prannoy too, bowed out after going down 21-14, 21-16 to ace Japanese shuttler Kento Momota in the 45-minute affair.