Top Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap have advanced to the second round of the China Super Series Premier badminton tournament. At Shanghai today, they notched up straight-game victories in their first round singles matches. In the women's section, sixth seeded Saina overcame Japan's Nozomi Okuhara 21-14 21-19 in a 39-minute match. The 23-year-old Indian will next take on China's Sun Yu in the prequarterfinals. In another women's singles match, Arundhati Pantawane defeated Japan's Eriko Hirose 21-14, 21-18. In the men's competition, world number 12 Kashyap recorded his fourth victory over the eighth ranked Thai Boonsak Ponsana. The Indian won 22-20 21-15 in a match that lasted 46 minutes. Kashyap will meet Japan's Kento Momota tomorrow. Anand Pawar bowed out of the Men's singles, when he lost to his Japanese rival in the first round.
News On AIR | November 13, 2013 8:43 PM
Saina & P Kashyap enter 2nd round of China Super Series Premier badminton tournament