Madrid: Star Indian shuttler P V Sindhu continued her impressive run at the Madrid Spain Masters as she advanced to the quarterfinals with a comfortable straight-game win over Chinese Taipei's Huang Yu-Hsun here on Thursday.

Sindhu was hardly tested by the Taiwanese qualifier, ranked 63rd in the world, as she won 21-14, 21-12 in 36 minutes.

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The former world champion, who finished runner-up in the last edition, will take on either sixth seed Supanida Katethong of Thailand or Japan's Natsuki Nidaira.

India's M R Arjun and Dhruv Kapila also had a good day in office as they entered the men's doubles quarterfinals with a 21-17, 21-19 win over Scotland's Christopher Grimley and Matthew Grimley.

The mixed doubles pair of B Sumeeth Reddy and N Sikki Reddy also entered the quarterfinals with a 22-20, 21-18 win over USA's Presley Smith and Allison Lee.

World No. 20 pair of Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa, seeded third, made it to the last eight after notching up a 21-14, 21-8 win over Tiffany Ho and Gronya Somerville of Australia in women's doubles.

Krishna Prasad Garage and Sai Pratheek K, however, were left heartbroken after losing 16-21, 21-15, 16-21 to Popov brothers -- Christo and Toma Junior -- in another men's doubles match.

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