Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal sailed into the women's singles second round of the China Open Super Series Premier with a straight-game win over USA's Beiwan Zhang here yesterday. Saina, who recently won the National Championships beating compatriot PV Sindhu in the final, hardly broke a sweat and needed exactly 30 minutes to tame Zhang 21-12, 21-13 in her tournament opener. Akane next for Nehwal In fifth seed Akane Yamaguchi, Saina has drawn a tough opponent in the next round. The Indian trails the Japanese one to three in head-to-head record.

Saina Nehwal