New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- India's two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu and the men's doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the quarterfinals of the ongoing Malaysia Open on Thursday.

Competing in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Super 1000 event, the former world champion outplayed eighth seed Tomoka Miyazaki of Japan to book her place in the final eight.

The two-time Olympian, currently ranked 18th in the BWF women's singles rankings, defeated world No. 33 Sung Shuo-yun of Chinese Taipei 21-13, 22-20 to move into the second round of the tournament in her first round match.

Sindhu dominated the opening game 21-8 and maintained the momentum to seal the match 21-13 in the second game. Sindhu will next face th...