Manila (TIP)- Star Indian shuttler PV Sindhu notched up a straight-game win over lowly-ranked Yue Yann Jaslyn Hooi of Singapore to advance to the quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia Championships here on April 28. The Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also made it to the quarterfinals, but it was curtains for London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal and World Championships silver winner Kidambi Srikanth.

Fourth seed Sindhu, winner of a bronze in the 2014 edition of the tournament in Gimcheon, defeated world No. 100 Jaslyn Hooi 21-16 21-16 in 42 minutes. Sindhu next meets third seed He Bingjiao, whom she had beaten for a bronze at the Tokyo Olympics. World No. 7 Sindhu, a double Olympics medallist, has a 7-9 head-to-head record against Bingjiao, whom she has beaten twice in the last two meetings.

The third-seeded doubles duo of Rankireddy and Shetty produced a fine performance to sail into the last-eight stage with a 21-17 21-15 win over Japan’s Akira Koga and Taichi Saito.

Saina’s dream of claiming her fourth medal in the prestigious tournament ended after she ran out of steam to lose 21-12 7-21 13-21 to 22-year-old Chinese Wang Zhi Yi, ranked 16th in the world.

Srikanth, seeded seventh, too couldn’t raise his game when it mattered, going down 16-21 21-17 17-21 to China’s Weng Hong Yang in a second round match that lasted an hour and 17 minutes.