Karan Rastogi [Images] outplayed compatriot and National champion Ashutosh Singh to storm into the quarter-finals of the US $15,000 ITF men's tennis event in Taizhou, China, on Thursday.

Rastogi tamed Singh 6-1, 6-2 in a second round match at the hard court event.

He now meets Japanese Toshihide Matsui.

Matsui beat China's Ze Zhang 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-3 in a second round encounter.