Saina Nehwal has advanced to the second round in the Hong Kong Super Series badminton tournament. In Hong Kong today, World Number Seven Saina outplayed Indonesia's Bellaetrix Manuputty 21-14 21-16 in a 34-minute women's singles match. The 23-year-old Indian will next take on Thailand's Porntip Buranaprasertsuk tomorrow. Overall, it was a disappointment day for the Indians in the event, as P.V. Sindhu and Parupalli Kashyap crashed out of the tournament, failing to cross the first hurdle. In Women's Singles, World number 10 Sindhu lost 16-21 17-21 to second seed Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand. Kashyap suffered a 14-21 10-21 defeat at the hands of China's Zhengming Wang in men's singles competition.Rising shuttler K Srikanth also crashed out in the opening round of men's singles after going down 18-21 14-21 to world number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia. India's men's doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Akshay Dewalkar, too, suffered a similar fate as the duo lost 18-21 19-21 to top seeded Indonesian combo of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan.Another Indian pair of Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy B were also sent packing 9-21 15-21 by Russian pair of Vladimir Ivanov and Ivan Sozonov in a 26-minute match.
News On AIR | November 20, 2013 6:03 PM
HK Super Series badminton: Saina enters 2nd round<br/>