India’s badminton star Saina Nehwal advanced to the quarterfinals of the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold in Bangkok defeating Chinese Li Han 21-17, 21-13 Thursday.
World No.5 Saina took 42 minutes to get past the Chinese in the second round. She next plays Thailand’s Sapsiree Taerattanachai in a last-eight match Friday.
Taerattanachai came from behind to beat Kaori Imabeppu of Japan 20-22, 21-19, 21-15.
