Shuttler Kashyap reaches CWG quarters

Glasgow, July 31 (IANS) Indian shuttlers Parupalli Kashyap, R.M.V. Gurusaidutt and P.C. Thulasi won their respective Round of 16 matches to enter the quarter-finals of the Commonwealth Games here Thursday.

Men's singles second seed Kashyap needed only 24 minutes to move past Australia's Jeff Tho 21-7, 21-8 while fifth seed Gurusaidutt beat Andrew D'Souza 21-13, 21-9 in 27 minutes at the Emirates Arena.

Later sixth seed Thulasi defeated Canadian Rachel Honderich 21-12, 21-7 in 31 minutes to move into the women's singles last eight.