After Mumbai-lad Ajay Jayaram provided a spectacular start for Hyderabad Hotshots in the Indian Badminton League (IBL), Hotshots’ icon player Saina Nehwal made it 2-0 with a 17-21, 21-17, 11-6 win over World No 3 Juliane Schenk. Nehwal came back from a game down to win a match that lasted 59 minutes at the National Sports Club Of India (NSCI) on Monday.

Nehwal was unable to match Schenk’s net play and some brilliant smashes and lost the first game 17-21.The first game saw the German hit seven smashes.