In the Indonesia Masters badminton tournament, Saina Nehwal will face China's Chen Xiaoxin, while PV Sindhu will take on Malaysia's Goh Jin Wei in the next round in Jakarta today. Earlier, Saina and Sindhu made a positive start to the new season with contrasting wins in women's singles in the second round of the tournament yesterday. London Olympics bronze medalist Saina, had to work hard to eke out a 22-24, 21-15, 21-14 win over China's world no. 7 Chen Yufei in a match that lasted an hour and nine minutes. Olympic silver medallist Sindhu, on the other hand, dumped local hope Hanna Raramdini 21-13, 21-10. Young men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also crossed the opening hurdle after dispatching eighth seeded Japanese pair of Takuto Inque and Yuki Kaneko 21-15, 21-17 to set up a clash with Chinese Taipei's Liao Min Chun and Su Ching Heng in the second round. Sameer Verma, suffered a 16-21, 21-12, 10-21 loss to Japan's Kazumasa Sakai in a men's singles match. Men's doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy also lost 18-21, 21-16, 16-21 to Lu Ching Yao and Yang Po Han to bow out of the tournament.
News On AIR | January 25, 2018 5:52 AM
Indonesia Masters: Saina to face Chen Xiaoxin; Sindhu to take on Goh Jin Wei