Top seed and favourite Dipika Pallikal of India sailed smoothly into the quarter-finals of the girls' singles in the 13th junior World Squash Championships at the ICL Academy courts onThursday.

Leaving nothing to chance, Dipika, the 17-year old from Chennai blasted past Yathreb Abel of Egypt 11-5, 11-7, 11-5 in 22 minutes. She will next meet another Egyptian, the fifth seeded Nouran El Torky on Friday.