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ndonesian favorite Taufik Hidayat cruised through to next round of the men’s singles in the Australia Open GP Gold badminton tournament in Sydney on Wednesday, allowing him to continue the hunt for points in the lead up to the London Olympics.

The Olympic gold medalist crushed New Zealand’s James Eunson 21-6, 21-10 in 21 minutes during their second-round bout at the Sydney Convention Center.

Another hopeful, World No. 8 Simon Santoso, also outclassed Singapore’s Yong Zhao Ashton Chen 21-9, 21-14, while Olympic bronze medalist Sony Dwi Kuncoro missed his chance to earn more Olympics points after a 21-11, 8-21, 21-11 upset by compatriot Alamsyah Yunus.

In the women’s singles, Aprilla Yuswandari was the only Indonesian to advance to the next round, after beating Japan’s Eriko Hirose 17-21, 21-15, 22-20 in a one-hour match.

Adrianti Firdasari, Lindaweni Fanetri and Maria Febe Kusumastuti lost to China’s Lin Wang (19-21 21-19 21-14), Japan’s Sayaka Sato (18-21 24-22 21-18) and Thailand’s Nichaon Jindapon (21-18 13-21 22-20) .

The under-pressure Firdasari said that she managed to control the first game and early parts of the second game, before Wang, the 2010 world champion, came back to see scores leveled at 15-15.

“During the critical point in the second game, I tried my best to attack her. But she seemed ready for that and was able to counter. In the third game, she found her rhythm, ambushing me with her difficult technique, while I made too many unforced errors,” Firdasari said as quoted by the Indonesian Badminton Association’s (PBSI) website.

In the men’s doubles, sixth-seeds Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan beat Australians Mercedes Tin and Toan Trinh 21-6, 21-10. Fourth-seeds Alvent Yulianto Chandra and Hendra Aprida Gunawan ousted hosts Anthony Chang and Nicholas Ong 21-8, 21-6. Eighth-seeds Angga Pratama and Ryan Agung Saputra won 22-20, 21-16 against Australians Ross Smith and Glenn Warfe. Yohanes Rendy Sugiarto and Afiat Yuris Wirawan lost 21-19, 21-15 against Malaysia’s Thien How Hoon and Kok Siang Teo.

In the women’s doubles, Anneke Feinya Agustin and Nitya Krishinda Maheswari won 21-10, 21-11 against South Koreans Hye In Choi and So Young Kim; Suci Rizky Andini and Della Destiara Haris beat Singapore’s Shinta Mulia Sari and Lei Yao 21-18, 21-19; Vita Marissa and Nadya Melati defeated Australians Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen and Chia-Ju Hsieh 21-12, 21-10; and fourth-seeds Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii beat Hong Kong’s Lok Yan Poon and Ying Suet Tse 21-12, 21-11.

In the mixed-doubles, sixth-seeds Muhammad Rijal and Debby Susanto stopped Malaysia’s Aik Quan Tan and Pei Jing Lai in a 21-14 21-15 bout.

Veterans Hendra Setiawan and Vita Marissa lost to Thailand’s Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thoungthongkam 21-18 21-19.