Vancouver: India`s Anand Pawar reached the men`s singles pre-quarterfinals of the Canada Open Grand Prix tournament with a straight-game win over local shuttler Bobby Milroy here.
The Indian thrashed the qualifier 21-12 21-11 yesterday to set up a clash with Chinese Taipei`s Kuei Chun Shih. The fourth seed had defeated Korea`s Kim Dong Hoon 21-17 21-9 in the opening round.
Another Indian, Arvind Bhat, who had won the German Open Grand Prix Gold in March, had retired at 1-2 against Maxime Moreels of Belgium in the first round.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, July 2, 2014, 13:15
