In Badminton, Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal today advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of Hong Kong Open Super Series tournament. Saina, who is seeded fifth in the competition, came back from a game behind to defeat Thailand's Porntip Buranaprasertsuk, 12-21, 21-19, 21-17. PV Sindhu will begin her challenge later today. She will play Susanto Yosephin of Indonesia. In the Men's section, HS Prannoy and Sameer Verma also advanced to the next stage.