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Indian men cruise into quarterfinals

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EASY OUTING:India's P. Kashyap broke no sweat in his straight games victory over Jeff Tho in the Thomas Cup.

KUALA LUMPUR: P. Kashyap and Arvind Bhat starred in a 4-1 routing of Australia as India advanced to the last eight stage of the Thomas Cup but the women's team went down 1-4 to Korea, despite Saina Nehwal's thrilling win over Seung Hee Bae in the Uber Cup here on Tuesday.

Kashyap set the ball rolling for India, spanking Jeff Tho 21-8, 21-10 in a 26-minute match, while Arvind Bhat and Gurusaidutt also won their respective matches to put India 3-0 ahead after the first three singles.

Arvind beat Chad Whitehead 21-6, 21-12, while Gurusaidutt took 25 minutes to pack off Stuart Gomez 21-15, 21-13.

The only blot in the men's team was the 20-22, 18-21 defeat of Sanave Thomas and Rupesh Kumar at the hands of Glenn Warfe and Ross Smith in first men's doubles.

However, V. Diju and Akshay Dewalkar swept past Raj Veeran and Chad Whitehead 21-12, 21-17 to wrap up the day with a 4-1 victory over the hapless Aussies.

The women's team, which had already reached the quarterfinals on Monday, however, had a tough day as none apart from Saina could get past the formidable Koreans.

The results: Thomas Cup: China bt South Korea 4-1; India bt Australia 4-1 (Kayshap Parupalli bt Jeff Tho 21-8, 21-10 Arvind Bhatt bt Chad Whitehead 21-6, 21-12; R.M.V. Gurusaidutt bt Stuart Gomez 21-15, 21-13; Sanave Thomas & Rupesh Kumar lost to Glenn Warfe & Ross Smith 20-22, 18-21; Diju Villyaveetil & Arkshay Dewalkar bt Raj Veeran & Chad Whitehead 21-12, 21-17); Japan bt Malaysia 3-2; Denmark bt Germany 4-1.

Uber Cup: Indonesia bt Denmark 5-0; Japan bt Russia 5-0; China bt Malaysia 5-0; South Korea bt India 4-1(Bae Seung Hee lost to Saina Nehwal 22-20, 18-21, 17-21.

Sung Ji Hyun bt Adit Muttatkar 21-23, 21-11, 21-14; Lee Yun Hwa bt Sayali Ghokale 21-10, 19-21, 21-12. Lee Hyo Jung & Kim Min Jung bt Jwala Gutta & Ashwini Ponnappa 21-11, 21-13; Lee Kyung Won & Ha Jung Eun bt Shruti Kurian & Aparna Balan 21-13, 21-11. — AFP

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