World No.1 Saina Nehwal reached the quarter-finals while men’s singles shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy and Parupalli Kashyap crashed out in the second round of the $500,000 Malaysia Open Super Series Premier at the Putra Stadium on Thursday. In the last eight stage, the 25-year-old Hyderabadi, who currently trains under Vimal Kumar in Benagluru, will face Sun Yu. The Malaysia Open Super Series Premier Live starts at 3 pm local time (12:30 pm IST, 3 am ET and 7 am GMT). Get the live updates on Malaysia Open Super Series Quarter Finals from below.

Malaysia Open Super Series Quarter Finals:

Saina continued her rampaging run with a dominating win over Yao 21-13 21-9 in a lop-sided 30-minute women’s singles match to set up a clash with another Chinese shuttler, Sun Yu, ranked 15th in the world. Saina easily defeated Sun Yu at the All England and may not find it difficult on Friday. Get the live updates on Malaysia Open Super Series Quarter Finals from below.

Commonwealth Games silver medallist Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa, too, suffered a loss in the second round, going down fighting 23-21, 8-21, 17-21 to sixth seeded Indonesian pair of Nitya Krishinda Maheswari and Greysia Polii in a close to an hour match.

Interestingly, it was Yao who had ended Saina’s campaign at the 2014 Malaysia Open but the Indian just brushed her aside, riding on her better foot movement and powerful array of strokes.

Malaysia Open Super Series Quarter Finals Live Updates:

The Malaysia Open Super Series Premier Live starts at 3 pm local time (12:30 pm IST, 3 am ET and 7 am GMT).

Viewers in India can watch the Live coverage on Star Sports 2 and Star Sports 2 HD with live streaming option on Starsports.com from 2:30 PM.

A win on Friday will pit Saina against either world no. 2 Li Xuerui or fifth seed Wang Yihan, whom she had beaten at the All England championship last month.