Saina needed a few minutes to settle into the match and read her opponent's shots. Once she managed to do it, it was just a walk in the park for the former World No. 1.
The 38th edition of the Asia Badminton Championships is currently underway in China. The tournament, which is taking place at the Wuhan Sports Centre Gymnasium, will pay out a total prize money of 350,000 dollars and will award the participants with valuable points for their respective BWF rankings.
India's Saina Nehwal will play her quarterfinal match against South Korean Lee Jang-Mi.
Saina Nehwal has reached the quarterfinal if the Asia Badminton Championship without dropping a game so far in the competition. Nehwal beat Singapore's Yeo Jia Min in the first round by a score of 21-12, 21-9. She then went on to beat China's Gao Fangjie 21-18, 21-8.
Lee Jang-Mi didn't reach the quarters as easily as Saina. Both her matches took three games to conclude. Lee beat fourth-seed Ratchanok Intanon in the second round.
Nehwal will look to build on her CWG Gold medal by claiming the top prize here as well. But before that, she will have to beat an in-form Lee Jang-Mi.