Kuala Lumpur, Apr 2: Officially crowned the world no. 1 in the BWF rankings, Saina Nehwal today continued her rampaging run with a dominating straight-game win over Chinese qualifier Xue Yao to reach the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open Super Series premier badminton, here today.
Saina, who was ensured of the world no. 1 during her exploits at the India Open triumph, defeated Yao 21-13 21-9 in a lop-sided 30-minute women's singles to set up a clash with another Chinese shuttler, Sun Yu, ranked 15th in the world.