In Hong Kong Open Super Series badminton, Saina Nehwal today entered the second round but Parupalli Kashyap and Sourabh Verma failed to cross the opening hurdle.National Champion and Olympics bronze medallist Saina beat Mette Poulsen of Denmark 21-19, 23-21. She will next face eighth seeded Chen Yufei of China. In men's singles P. Kashyap went down narrowly 21-15, 9-21, 20-22 to Korean Lee Dong Keun. Sourabh lost against Indonesia's Tommy Sugiarto. Later in the day, Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu will take on Leung Yuet Yee of Hong Kong in women's singles. In men's singles, K. Srikanth, H.S. Prannoy and Sai Praneeth will play their first round matches today.In the Women's Doubles, India's duo of Ashwani and Reddy N. Sikki and in Men's Doubles, the pair of Manu Attri and Reddy B. Sumeeth will play their opening matches.
News On AIR | November 22, 2017 1:09 PM
Saina Nehwal enters 2nd round of Hong Kong Open Super Series Badminton