Lucknow: Saina Nehwal and Chetan Anand advanced to the quarter finals but Arvind Bhat crashed out after a stunning third-round defeat in the Syed Modi International Grand Prix badminton tournament Thursday.

Top seed Saina defeated Chitralekha 21-9, 21-7 to set up a clash with fifth seed Indonesian Fransiska Ratnasari, while Chetan won 21-11, 20-22, 21-17 against Indonesian Adnan Fauzi.

The men’s top seed will take on compatriot Anup Sridhar in the quarter finals Friday. Sixth seed Sridhar spanked Eshan Naqvi 21-14, 21-11 in another match.

The biggest upset of the day was the shocking 21-15, 19-21, 14-21 defeat of Arvind at the hands of Malaysian Kwong Beng Chan in an hour-long match.

Among other Indians in fray, fourth seed P. Kashyap struggled past German Dieter Domke, winning 21-12, 19-21, 21-17.

Eighth seed R.M.V. Gurusaidatt pipped Ajay Jayaram 16-21, 21-8, 21-12 to reach the quarter finals.

Sai Praneet, too, made it to the final eight when Nikhil Kanetkar retired midway.

In other women’s singles matches, Sikki Reddy beat third seed Maja Tvrdy 21-16, 21-14 while qualifier P.V. Sindhu beat Mohita Sahdev 21-12, 21-14.         (pti)