In badminton, India's Olympic bronze medallist shuttler Saina Nehwal advanced to the women's singles second round of the  Barcelona Spain Masters today. She defeated Germany's Yvonne Li  21-16,  21-14. Sania took just 35 minutes to beat her opponent in the first round match.  

Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Sikki N Reddy also won their mixed doubles first-round match against Denmark's Mathias Christiansen and Alexandra Boje 10-21, 21-16, 21-17. 

However, H S Prannoy bowed out of the tournament after losing to  Daren Liew of Malaysia.