A fiery PV Sindhu roared into the quarterfinals of the women's singles event at the Badminton Asia Championships with a straight-game win over China's Han Yue on Thursday. Besides Sindhu, India's ace men's singles shuttler HS Prannoy sailed into the quarters but it was curtains for compatriot Kidambi Srikanth.

While Prannoy, seeded eighth, had to battle it out for an hour and two minutes to prevail over Indonesian Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 16-21 21-5 18-21 in a round of 16 match, Srikanth was shown the door by fourth-seeded Japanese Kodai Naraoka 14-21 22-20 9-21. Prannoy will square up against Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan.