Ruthvika, the defending champion from Hyderabad who is seeded eighth in the singles, easily disposed of Singapore's Ren-Ne Ong 21-10 21-18 in less than half an hour in the prequarterfinals.
The 18-year-old B. Com student, coming back into competitive badminton after a bout of viral hepatitis that laid her low for three months in the middle of this year, has a tough task to progress further as she takes on top seed Jing Yi Tee of Malaysia tomorrow for a place in the semifinals.
Shivani had got the better of Malaysian world no. 198, Ying Ying Lee, 21-17 21-17 in 38 minutes in the round of 32 held this morning.
Malaysian top seed Jing Yi, ranked 37th in the world, outclassed India's Anura Prabhudesai 21-13 21-9 in just 21 minutes to make the last eight.
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Two-time title winner P C Thulasi, the fourth seed, third seed Saili Rane and no. 7 Tanvi Lad also made the grade in the women's singles.
Arundhati had upset fifth seed Chiew Sien Lim of Malaysia, ranked 90 in the world, 21-13 21-13 in the first round this morning.
In men's singles, third-seeded national runner-up Sameer Verma made it to the quarter finals with a facile 21-13 21-5 win over Venkat Gaurav Prasad.
The results (all from India unless stated otherwise):
Women's singles (1st round): Jing Yi Tee (Mas) bt Mudra Dhainje 21-15 21-14; Anura Prabhudesai bt Rucha Nikam 21-14 6-1 retd, Rutvika Shivani Gudde bt Ying Ying Lee (Mas) 21-17 21-17; Ren-Ne Ong (Sin) bt Rasika Raje 24-22 21-14; P C Thulasi bt Vaishnavi Bhale 21-15 21-15; Neha Pandit bt Achininimeshika Mudiyanselage (Sri) 21-14 23-21; Yen Mei Ho (Mas) bt Hui Zhen Grace Chua (Sin) 21-16 21-11; Shruti Mundada bt Chun Yi Deline Quek (Sin) 21-10 21-13; Erlina Kurnianti (Ina) bt Lalita Dahiya 21-16 21-12; Arundhati Pantawane bt Chiew Sien Lim (Mas); Lekha Handunkuttihettige (Sri) bt Kuhoo Garg 21-12 21-16; Saili Rane bt Mugdha Agrey 21-13 21-14; Mayuri Yadav bt Jyoti Nashier 21-18 14-21 21-12; Tanvi Lad bt Jin Wei Goh (Mas) 21-9 22-20; Nguyen Thuy Linh (Vie) bt Riya Pillai 21-16 21-13; Pornpawee Chochuwong (Tha) bt Shreyanshi Pardeshi 11-2 retd.
Lakhanee 20-22 21-13 21-13; Zin Rei Ryan Ng (Sin) bt Abhishek Yelegar 21-17 21-18; Joo Ven Soong (Mas) bt Aditya Joshi 21-12 13-21 21-17; Shreyansh Jaiswal bt Chirag Sen 21-18 21-14; Sameer Verma bt Oscar Bansal 21-15 5-1 retd; Venkat Gaurav Prasad bt Ratnajit Tamang 21-19 21-17; Subhankar Dey bt Yee Han Chong (Mas) 21-11 16-21 23-21; Ansal Yadav bt Artyom Savatyugin (Uzb) 21-8 21-14; K Ajay Kumar bt Harsheel Dani 21-19 14-21 21-16; Lim Chi Wing (Mas) bt Amrullo Bakshullaev (Uzb) 21-10 21-17; Pratul Joshi bt Arun Kumar Ashok Kumar 21-8 21-19; Anand Pawar bt June Wei Cheam (Mas) 21-16 16-21 21-14; Sourabh Verma bt Harshit Aggarwal 21-18 21-14; Neeraj Vashisht bt Abhimanyu Singh 21-13 21-18; Siddharth Thakur bt Vi Hen Tan (Mas) 21-16 14-21 21-6; R Satheishtharan (Mas) bt Andrew Susanto (Ina) 21-13 21-15.