London Olympics: Saina and Kashyap court success

LONDON: Saina Nehwal needed just 38 minutes to quell the challenge of Dutch Yao Jie 21-14, 21-16 to move into the quarterfinals of the badminton women's singles at the Wembley Arena on Wednesday.
The Indian ace looked in good touch against the veteran. In the quarterfinals Saina will play the winner of the match between Sayaka Sato of Japan and Tine Baun of Denmark.
Earlier, Parupalli Kashyap, India's entry in men's singles, became the first Indian man to move into the quarters of Olympic men's singles badminton event with a hard-fought win over Sri Lanka's Niluka Karunaratne at the Wembley Arena on Wednesday.In reaching the last-8 stage with a 21-14, 15-21, 21-9 win, Kashyap emulated compatriot Saina Nehwal who reached the quarterfinals in Beijing in 2008.
Kashyap will meet world No. 2 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysiain the quarterfinals. He said, "I was tired as he was retrieving everything. But I decided to stay with him in rallies and that helped me."