ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Fifth seed Wajid Ali Chaudhry of Pakistan gained sweet revenge on India's Mishra Ustev on Saturday to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Asian Satellite international badminton tournament at the Liaquat Gymnasium.
Wajid unleashed a fine array of strokes and was just too quick on his feet as he won 15-7, 15-8 in a hotly-contested match played in the evening.
The victory meant that Wajid made up for his loss to the same player when Pakistan toured India recently.
While Wajid provided cheer to the home camp, three other home players were knocked out in the pre-quarterfinals.
Seven pre-quarterfinals had been played till the filing of this report with top seed Ikeda Yuichi of Japan defeating Waseem Ismail 15-6, 15-5 and Indonesian Adnan Fauzi thrashing Hashir Bashir 15-4, 15-6.
Shabbar Hussain Syed was the other Pakistani player to bow out going down to Nepal's Panera Pashupati 15-13, 6-15, 12-15.
Also advancing to the quarterfinals was India's JBS Vidyadhar who got a walkover against Iran's Ali Shah Hussain. Indonesian Jeffer Rosobin secured his berth with a 15-8, 15-6 victory over Iran's Eskandare Jalal and his team-mate downed Iranian Fouad Naber Zadeh 15-7, 15-2.
The women's singles quarterfinals meanwhile were to be played late in the evening featuring only two Pakistani girls Uzma Butt and Ayesha Akram.
Four of the host nation's players -Sara Khan, Saima Manzoor, Sadia Arshad and Palwasha Rasheed - were all shown the door by their Indian opponents in the pre-quarterfinals.
BR Meenakshi walloped Sara 11-1, 11-2 and Aditi Biswas hammered Saima 11-0, 11-1. Sadia was then thrashed 11-1, 11-0 by Sharada Gowardini and Dhanya Nair completed the rout with a 11-1, 11-1 win against Palwasha.
In the women's doubles competition Asma Butt and Uzma Butt edged Sara Mehmood and Palwasha Rasheed 8-15, 15-7, 15-5 in an all- Pakistan match. Sara Khan and Zahida Ali scored a narrow victory over compatriots Ayesha Akram and Saima Manzoor 17-16, 15-12.
Results:
Men's singles (morning session) Jalal Eskandare (Ira) walkover against Umer Zeeshan, Hussain S. Shabbar (Pak) bt Ghulam Raza Baghere 15-5, 15-10, Atif Nadeem (Pak) walkover against Arjun Reddy (Ind), Hashir Bashir (Pak) bt Yara Pahlaran 17-14, 15-10, Nema Daren (Ira) bt Kashif Majeed (pak) 15-13, 15-7, Fouad Naber Zadeh (Ira) bt Balaram Thapa 15-9, 15-3, Ehsan Qamar (Pak) bt Bayat Sina (Ira) 15-8, 15-5.
Men's doubles: Adnan Fauzi-Viki Indra (Ina) bt Sina Bayat-Ghulam Raza Baghere (Ira) 15-5, 15-4, Asad U. Aleem-Muhammad Tariq (Pak) bt Hashir Basheer-Rizwan Azam (Pak) 15-10, 15-6, Nokzad Shire-Naber Zadeh (Ira) walkover against Arjun Reddy-Charanjeet Singh (Ind).
Women's doubles: Asma Butt-Uzma Butt bt Sara Mehmood-Palwasha Rasheed 8-15, 15-7, 15-5, Pooja Shrestha-Sumina Shrestha (Nep) bt Aneeqa Rana-Sadia Arshad (Pak) 15-1, 15-5, Sara Khan-Zahida Ali (Pak) bt Ayesha Akram-Saima Manzoor (Pak) 17-16, 15-12.
Women's singles quarterfinals: BR Meenakshi (Ind) bt Sara Khan (Pak) 11-1, 11-2, Aditi Biswas (Ind) bt Saima Manzoor (Pak) 11-0, 11-1, Shaada Gowardini (Ind) bt Sadia Arshad (Pak) 11-1, 11-0, Dhanya Nair (Ind) bt Palwasha Rasheed (Pak) 11-1, 11-1.
Men's singles pre-quarterfinals (evening session): Ikeda Yuichi (Jpn) bt Waseem Ismail 15-6, 15-5, JPS Vidyadhar (Ind) walkover against Ali Shah Hussain (Ira), Adnan Fauzi (Ina) bt Hashir Bashir (Pak) 15-4, 15-6, Wajid Ali Chaudhry (Pak) bt Ustav Mishra 15-7, 15-8, Jeffer Rosobin (Ina) bt Jalal Eskandare (Ira) 15-8, 15-6, Pashupati Panera (Nep) bt Shbbar Hussain Syed (Pak) 13-15, 15-6, 15-12, Stenny Kasuma (Ina) bt Fouad Naber Zadeh (Ira) 15-7, 15-12.