Saina storms into World Championships quarters!

Saina Nehwal confused into the quarterfinals of the World badminton championships with a 21-14, 21-18 achievement over Ella Diehl of Russia actuality on Thursday.In the alloyed doubles, Jwala Gutta and V Diju connected their accomplished run assault Singapore's Chayut Triyachart and Lei Yao 14-21, 21-18, 21-14 for a abode in the quarterfinal.

It was, however, end of the alley for Jwala in the women's doubles as partnering Ashwini Ponnappa, she went bottomward to Korean sixth seeds Jung Eun Ha and Min Jung Kim 14-21, 15-21 in the third round.

World No 2 and second-seeded Saina took 47 account to action accomplished the Russian. She will accommodated the champ of the bout amid Jie Yao of the Netherlands and Chinese Shixian Wang, seeded sixth.

In the aboriginal game, Saina opened up a 13-5 advance afore the Russian fought aback to booty bristles credibility in a row. The Indian, however, circumscribed her position addled off bristles credibility afore closing out the game.

In the additional game, too, Saina fabricated a advance alpha of 5-0, but the Russian came aback acerb to akin at 6-6. It was a abutting action from there on as the two were afresh levelled at 18-18. Saina kept her fretfulness to abridged three credibility and the match.