Sindhu, Saina win first round matches in All England Championships
Ace Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal began
their All England Championships campaign with easy straight-game wins over
their respective opponents in the women's singles here on Wednesday.
Sixth seed Sindhu beat Zhi Yi Wang of China 21-18 21-13 in her
first round match that lasted 42 minutes while Saina defeated Beatriz Corrales
of Spain 21-17 21-19 in 38 minutes.
The world number 7 Sindhu will meet the winner of the first round
match between Sayaka Takahashi of Japan and Supanida Katethong of Thailand in
the second round.
Saina, who had reached the final here in 2015, will face the
winner of the first round match between second seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan
and Kristin Kuuba of Estonia in the second round.
If Sindhu and Saina win their respective second round matches,
they will face each other in the quarterfinals.
In men's singles, B Sai Praneeth lost to top seed and Olympic
champion Viktor Axelsen 20-22 11-21 in the first round match that lasted 48
minutes.
H S Prannoy went down fighting to last week's German Open winner
Thai player Kunlavut Vitidsarn 15-21 22-24 in 56 minutes while Sameer Verma
also lost to Mark Caljouw of the Netherlands 18-21 11-21 in a 41-minute opening
match.
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