Yunus, Sindhu storm into Tata Open semifinals

MUMBAI: Top seed Alamsyah Yunus from Indonesia thumped India's Saurabh Varma 21-6, 21-5 in the men's quarterfinal of the $15,000 Tata Open India International Challenge at NSCI, on Friday.
RMV Gurusaidutt brushed aside Aditya Prakash, while third seed Arvind Bhatt notched a win against Akshit Mahajan to book semis berth.
In the women's quarters, defending champion PC Thulasi got the better of Gayatri Vartak 21-10, 21-8, while second seed PV Sindhu polished off Mudra Dhainje 21-5, 21-8 to set up a semifinal clash with Hong Kong's third seed Chan Tse Ka.
Results (QF):
Men's: 1-Alamsyah Yunus (INA) bt 6-Saurabh Varma (IND) 21-16, 21-5; Shesar Hiren Rhustavito (INA) bt Misbun Ramdan Mohmed (MAS) 14-21, 21-15, 21-19; 3-Arvind Bhat (IND) bt Akshit Mahajan (IND) 21-19, 21-13; 2- R. M. V. Gurusaidutt (IND) bt Aditya Prakash (IND) 21-5, 21-7.
Women's: 7-P C Thulasi (IND) bt Gayatri Vartak (IND) 21-10, 21-8; 8-Sayali Gokhale (IND) bt 4-Arundhati Pantawane (IND) 24-22, 21-17; 3-Chan Tsz Ka (HKG) bt 6-Aditi Mutatkar (IND) 21-8, 21-14; 2-P V Sindhu (IND) bt Mudra Dhainje (IND) 21-5, 21-8.