Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal [ Images ] cruised into the quarter-finals with a straight-games win, but Chetan Anand [ Images ] bit the dust in the singles event of the Malaysian Super Series tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.

Seventh seed Saina thumped Japanese Ai Goto 21-19, 21-12 in just 29 minutes to set up a clash with unseeded Xin Wang of China.

Wang stunned third seeded Dane Tine Rasmussen 13-21, 21-16, 21-19 in another women's singles pre-quarter-final.

However, it was a disappointing day for Chetan, as the national champion went down fighting to Wei Feng Chong of Malaysia, losing 15-21, 21-19, 21-18 in a 48-minute battle.