New Delhi: Saina Nehwal emerged as the lone survivor for India at the Japan Open, defeating Mingtian Fu of Singapore in straight-games to reach the quarter finals of the women’s singles competition at Tokyo on Thursday.

Fourth seed Saina took 33 minutes to beat Mingtian 21-17 21-16. She will take on Juan GU of Singapore on Friday.

P Kashyap played his heart out before going down 15-21, 21-6, 18-21 to sixth seed Jin Chen in the men’s singles match, which lasted for one hour and six minutes. Ajay Jayaram also became a second-round casualty after losing 20-22, 16-21 to Indonesian Simon Santoso in a 42-minute battle.

Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa also failed to get past seventh-seeded Jung Eun Ha and Min Jung Kim in the women’s doubles event. The Indian duo lost 9-21, 21-18, 22-24 to the Korean pair in 49 minutes.

The Indian mixed doubles pair of Jwala and V Diju also lost their second round battle 15-21, 10-21 against fifth seeded pair of Hung Ling Chen and Wen Hsing Cheng in just 24 minutes. (agencies)