Date:09/11/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/11/09/stories/2006110903222100.htm

Sport - Badminton

Saina enters quarterfinals

New Delhi: Saina Nehwal stormed into the girls' singles quarterfinals of the World junior badminton championship defeating Soo Young Jang of Korea in straight games in Incheon, South Korea.

Saina carved out a 21-17, 21-16 win in 31 minutes to move to the last eight where the 16-year-old Indian will face China's Liu Jie. The Chinese girl beat Mizuki Fuzii of Japan 21-10, 21-9 in just 27 minutes.

Other results (involving Indians):

Boys: Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Kenichi Tago (Jpn) bt Srujan Nandaluri (Ind) 21-10, 21-19.

Doubles: Jishnu Sanyal/Akshay Diwalkar (Ind) bt Marcus Ellis/Liew Victor (Eng) 21-15, 21-12. — PTI