Lucknow, Jan 23: Top seed Saina Nehwal sailed through her second round tie to enter the women’s singles quarter-finals of the $120,000 India grand prix Gold at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor stadium here Thursday.

The World No.9 had a simple outing against Russian World No.47 Natalia Perminova, winning 21-5, 21-10 in 32 minutes in their 1st ever encounter.