Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu advance to second round at Indonesia Masters
Other Sports | Jan 24, 2018, 11:53 PM ISTOlympic silver medallist Sindhu didn't sweat much as she dumped local hope Hanna Raramdini 21 -13 21-10.
Olympic silver medallist Sindhu didn't sweat much as she dumped local hope Hanna Raramdini 21 -13 21-10.
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Sindhu, who narrowly missed out on winning the titles at the World Championship in Glasgow and Dubai World Superseries Finals, said there were a lot of positive things to learn from this year's performances.
The Spanish left-hander proved too good for Nehwal as she won 15-5, 15-7 in a jiffy to add to the Warriors' woes.
The 2012 London Olympics bronze medallist shuttler said she was doing the training part but would need to strengthen herself while playing.
Saina's absence on the inaugural day's match of the PBL meant her high-voltage clash with arch-rival and Chennai Smashers' P V Sindhu could not take place.
Every day there will be one battle between two teams comprising five matches - men's, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles.
Nehwal clinched the Malaysia Masters in January, before winning a bronze at the World Championship and Senior Nationals this season.
BWF has made it compulsory for the world's top 15 players in the singles events and top 10 pairs in the doubles disciplines to play a minimum of 12 tournaments or face a penalty.
Srikanth, who skipped the China Open and Hong Kong Open to recover from a mild strain, will be back in action at the Dubai Super Series Final, starting next week.
The first leg will take place in new entrants North Eastern Warriors' hometown, Guwahati, who enter the arena on the very second day to face the might of Carolina Marin's Hyderabad Hunters.
London Olympics bronze medallist Saina staved off a spirited challenge from World No 44 Mette Poulsen of Denmark 21-19, 23-21 in a 46-minute match.
It turned out to be a dismal day for Saina and Prannoy, who had clinched the National championship titles at Nagpur earlier this month.
Saina Nehwal, who has been performing exceedingly well from last few weeks, failed to stick to her good form and slumped to a shocking 18-21, 11-21 defeat in second round.
world no. 2 Sindhu was made to work hard by her Japanese opponent Sato as the Indian toiled hard for 59 minutes on the court to get the better of Sato 24-22 23-21.
The ace shuttler will now square off with fifth-seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan for a place in the quarter-finals of the women's singles event of China Open.
Kidambi Srikanth, who clinched four titles and reached five finals in this season, will be taking a break this week to nurse a muscle strain.
The former world number one, Saina got the better of Sindhu, the Olympic and World Championship silver medallist 21-17, 27-25 in a pulsating summit clash that lasted 54 minutes.
In the men's singles event, India's top male shuttler Srikanth dispatched Shubham Prajapati in straight games 21-17 23-21 to advance to the next round.
Sindhu dumped Japan's Sayaka Takahashi 21-14 21-13 to set up a revenge match against China's Chen Yufei in the quarterfinals of French Open Super Series.
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