October 27, 2011 12:33 PM

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French Open: Saina to clash with Xuerui Li in 2nd round

Indian ace Saina Nehwal will take on Chinese Xuerui Li in the second round of the women's singles event in the French Open Super Series badminton tournament today.In the opening round in Paris on Wednesday, she thrashed Jie Yao of Holland in straight-games 21-14, 21-9 in just 29 minutes.In the women's double event of the tournament, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa will take on South Korean's pair of Jung Eun Ha and Min Jung Kim in the second round today.However, in the Men's singles, 2006 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Chetan Anand could not cross the first hurdle and retired hurt midway after losing the first game 13-21 against Brice Leverdez of France.

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