Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal, who was officially crowned World Number One today, has emerged as the lone Indian hope at the Malaysia Super Series premier badminton tournament.At Kuala Lumpur today, she defeated Chinese qualifier Xue Yao in straight games 21-13, 21-9, to reach the quarterfinals of the 500,000 US Dollar event. The Indian will next face another Chinese shuttler, Sun Yu, ranked 15th in the world. In the Men's Singles, World no. 4 Kidambi Srikanth lost in the second round against China's Tian Houwei in straight games, It was also curtains for Parupalli Kashyap and H S Prannoy. In the women's doubles, the duo of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa suffered a defeat in the second round against sixth-seeded Indonesian combination.