Saina Nehwal got a step closer to defending her Singapore Open Super Series crown after beating China's Lu Lan 21-18, 13-21, 21-16 in their opening round match yesterday
Saina Nehwal got a step closer to defending her Singapore Open Super Series crown after beating China's Lu Lan 21-18, 13-21, 21-16 in their opening round match yesterday.
Nehwal slumped in the second game but managed to recover and register a three-game victory over Lan in 56 minutes.
The World No 4 Indianu00a0 faces Chinese Taipei's Shao Chieh Cheng in the second round today.
Meanwhile, compatriot P Kashyap lost to World No 8 Sung Hwan Park in the men's singles opening round.
Kashyap lostu00a0 15-21, 14-21 in straight games.u00a0 Commonwealth Games gold medallist pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa were also knocked out in the women's doubles first round.u00a0 Korean pair of Kyung Eun Jung and Ha Na Kim dumped the Indians 17-21, 14-21 in just 26 minutes. in the women's doubles. India's Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas also ended up on the losing side.
They lost 17-21, 16-21 to Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa of Japan in 36 minutes.
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