Saina Nehwal has entered into the second round in Women's Singles of Hong Kong Super Series. She defeated Porntip Buranaprasertsuk of Thailand 12-21, 21-19, 21-17 in Kowloon today. The fifth seeded Indian, who is looking to seal her Dubai Super Series Final spot, will next take on the winner of the match between Chiang Mei Hui and Japan's Sayaka Sato at the Hong Kong Coliseum. In men's singles, Swiss Open winner H S Prannoy defeated China's Qiao Bin 21-16, 21-18, while National champion Sameer Verma edged past Japan's Takuma Ueda 22-20, 21-18 in another match. Men's doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy, who represented India at the Rio Olympics, however, suffered a 15-21, 8-21 loss to Korean combo of Solgyu Choi and KO Sung Hyun.
News On AIR | November 23, 2016 7:45 PM
Saina Nehwal enters second round in Hong Kong Open