India's Saina Nehwal hits a return against Canada's Rachel Honderich during their badminton women's singles quarter-final match at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. Pic/PTI

London bronze medallist Saina Nehwal thrashed Canada's Rachel Honderich to cruise through to the women's singles semi-finals, here on Friday. The World No.12 Indian hardly broke a sweat and barring a couple of poor shots towards the end, dominated the contest throughout to comfortably win by a 21-8, 21-13 verdict.