<p class="title">Lee Chong Wei brushed aside India's top seed Kidambi Srikanth in just over 30 minutes as the Malaysian badminton great surged into the Asia Championships semifinals on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lee, who also defeated Srikanth in the final earlier this month at the Commonwealth Games at Australia's Gold Coast, beat his younger opponent 21-12, 21-15 in their latest encounter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At 35, Lee is a decade older than the Indian and approaching the end of his brilliant career, but it hardly showed as the masterful fifth seed set up a semifinal showdown against Japan's unseeded Kento Momota.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the women's draw, there was better news for India as former world number one Saina Nehwal beat South Korea's Lee Jang-mi in their quarterfinal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nehwal, fresh from winning gold at the Commonwealth Games, defeated Lee 21-15, 21-13 to set up a last-four clash against either top seed Tai Tzu-ying of Taiwan or China's He Bingjiao.</p>
<p class="title">Lee Chong Wei brushed aside India's top seed Kidambi Srikanth in just over 30 minutes as the Malaysian badminton great surged into the Asia Championships semifinals on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lee, who also defeated Srikanth in the final earlier this month at the Commonwealth Games at Australia's Gold Coast, beat his younger opponent 21-12, 21-15 in their latest encounter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At 35, Lee is a decade older than the Indian and approaching the end of his brilliant career, but it hardly showed as the masterful fifth seed set up a semifinal showdown against Japan's unseeded Kento Momota.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the women's draw, there was better news for India as former world number one Saina Nehwal beat South Korea's Lee Jang-mi in their quarterfinal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nehwal, fresh from winning gold at the Commonwealth Games, defeated Lee 21-15, 21-13 to set up a last-four clash against either top seed Tai Tzu-ying of Taiwan or China's He Bingjiao.</p>