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MACAU: Top seed Saina Nehwal rallied to register another narrow victory over Indonesia’s Dinar Dyah Ayustine to reach the quarter-finals of the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament here on Thursday.
Former World No. 1 Saina bounced back from a game down to see off Ayustine 17-21 21-18 21-12 in a match which lasted over an hour in the women’s singles competition here.
London Olympics bronze medallist, Saina will next take on China’s Zhang Yiman.
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.