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Malaysia Masters 2019: Saina Nehwal reaches quarterfinal, set to face Nozomi Okuhara
Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal Thursday entered the womens singles quarterfinal of the Malaysia Masters with a straightgame win over Hong Kongs Pui Yin Yip here
Kuala Lumpur: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal Thursday entered the women’s singles quarterfinal of the Malaysia Masters with a straight-game win over Hong Kong’s Pui Yin Yip here.
Saina, seeded seventh, took 39 minutes to tame Yip 21-14 21-16 in her second round encounter.
Saina will play second seed Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the last-eight stage of the first Super 500 tournament of the year on Friday.
World no. 9 Saina holds an 8-4 overall head-to-head record against Okuhara, which includes back-to-back wins over the current world no.2 in the last two tournaments — last year’s Demark Open and the French Open.
If Saina manages to go past Okuhara, the Indian might run into fourth seed Carolina Marin, who is placed in her half of the draw.
Later Thursday, seventh seed Kidambi Srikanth will take on Vincent Wing Ki Wong of Hong Kong in a men’s singles second round match, while Saina’s husband Parupalli Kashyap will be up against sixth seed Anthony Sinisuka Gingting of Indonesia.
In women’s doubles, the Indian pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Siki Reddy will square off against Indonesia’s Ni Ketut Mahadewi Istarani and Rizki Amelia Pradipta in a second round tie.
