Anand, Bhat in last 16 at Macau

Ace shuttlers Chetan Anand [ Images ] and Arvind Bhat [ Images ] reached the pre-quarter-finals of men's singles at the Macau Open Grand Prix [ Images ] in China on Wednesday after contrasting victories even though it was curtains for four other Indians.

Seventh seed Anand easily overcame the challenge of Chinese Taipei's Jen Hao Hsu, winning 21-10, 21-14 in 30 minutes, while 10th seed Bhatt scraped past compatriot RMV Gurusaidatt 21-16, 18-21, 21-15 in a 53-minute second round contest.

However, P Kashyap, Sayali Gokhale, Aditi Mutatkar [ Images ] fell by the wayside.

Kashyap, seeded 14th, squandered a game's lead and went down 17-21, 21-17, 21-11 to China's Huan Gao in a men's singles second round clash that lasted 70 minutes.