Former World No 1 Saina Nehwal asserted her supremacy over Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu with a straight game victory to enter the semifinals of the $350,000 Indonesia Masters, here on Friday.
london Olympics bronze medallist Saina, who is coming back from an ankle injury, gave ample display of her powerful game as she overcame Sindhu 21-13, 21-19 in an all-Indian women's singles quarterfinal clash.
Saina, who has a silver and a bronze at World Championships, will next face Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon, seeded fourth, who dumped Glasgow World Champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in another match.
Saina has an 8-5 head-to-head record against Ratchanok.
Playing Sindhu for the first time outside India, Saina produced her best and never let the advantage slip after leading 3-0 early on in the first game.
Despite Sindhu fighting back and making it 4-4, Saina continued to dominate the proceedings and entered the break with 11-9 advantage.
The 27-year-old continued her good run after the interval, increasing her lead to 18-10 at one stage. Sindhu manage to win three more points before the senior shuttler grabbed the opening game.