Gimcheon: P.V. Sindhu, R.M.V. Gurusaidutt and women's doubles pair Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa led India's charge by qualifying into the quarter-finals of the USD 200,000 Badminton Asia Championships at the Gimcheon Indoor Stadium here Thursday.

World No.10 Sindhu finally overcame Japan's Eriko Hirose 14-21, 21-13, 21-18 for the first time in four meetings in a marathon women's singles match which lasted an hour and 13 minutes.