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Top seed Saina Nehwal [ Images ] breezed through her match as India's [ Images ] shuttlers had a successful outing in the individual badminton event at the Commonwealth Games [ Images ] on Sunday.

World number three Saina thrashed Sarah Thomas of Wales 21-5, 21-9 to get closer to her first Commonwealth Games gold, while Melbourne [ Images ] bronze medallist Chetan Anand [ Images ] beat Nigeria's Ola Fagbemi 21-12, 21-6 in 21 minutes to stay on course to better his record at the sporting extravaganza.

Debutants P Kashyap and Aditi Mutatkar [ Images ] also stormed into the third round of the singles with straight-game victories.

Sixth seed Kashyap scored a 21-5, 21-12 win over Jamaica's Pyne Charles, while Pune girl Aditi, seeded fifth, took 17 minutes to make short work of Sri Lanka's [ Images ] Subodha Kumari, winning 21-14, 21-7.

The mixed doubles pair of Jwala Gutta [ Images ] and V Diju, who got a bye, stormed into the second round with a 21-13, 21-8 spanking of Jamaica's Henry Gareth Andre Theodore and Kristal Karjohn Fayonne, the victory coming in 14 minutes.

Sanave Thomas [ Images ] and Aparna Balan also continued their good run and beat Nigeria's Fagbemi Ebenezar Olaoluwa and Braimah Hajara Maria 21-10, 21-8 to reach the third round.

Rupesh Kumar [ Images ] and Ashwini Ponnappa struggled past the Australian duo of Veeran Raj and Vithi Veeran Renuga, winning 21-16, 18-21, 21-18 in a 36-minute battle.