Shuttler Bhat reaches German Open quarters

Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany), Feb 27 (IANS) Former Indian national champion Arvind Bhat continued his good form by progressing to the men's singles quarter-finals of the $120,000 German Open Grand Prix Gold here Thursday.

Bhat beat Malaysian World No.40 Daren Liew 21-14, 21-12 in a Round 3 match which lasted 39 minutes at the RWE-Sporthalle, to take a 2-0 lead in career meetings.

However, Chinese Taipei's 15th seed Tien Chen Chou got rid off Mumbai's Anand Pawar 21-14, 21-11 in half an hour.

In women's singles, Japanese seventh seed Eriko Hirose beat Arundhati Pantawane 21-18, 21-16 in 42 minutes.

H.S. Prannoy and P.C. Thulasi will play their respective matches later in the day.

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