Saina crashes out of Hong Kong Super Series

Hong Kong, Nov 11 (PTI) Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal
became a first round casualty after suffering a straight-game
defeat against Jie Yao of the Netherlands in women's singles
of the Hong Kong Super Series badminton here Wednesday.

Eighth seeded Saina was not in her elements as the
20-year-old went down 16-21 12-21 in just 26 minutes against
unseeded Yao to crash out of the tournament.
However, Indian men's doubles pair of Rupesh Kumar and
Sanave Thomas registered a scintillating win over Malaysian
Pak Chu Chow and Chieng Hun Hong 21-18 21-9 in a 28-minute
battle to reach the second round of the event.
The world number six Indian faltered from the start and
could pose no threat to her unheralded opponent. Yao opened up
a 7-1 lead initially and even though Saina narrowed the gap to
16-18, the Dutch pocketed three straight points to grab the
first game.
The second game was no different as after 2-2, Yao moved
ahead to 6-2 first and then widen the gap to 17-12 before
finishing it off in style as Saina was left awe-struck.
Meanwhile, Indian mixed doubles pair of V Diju and Jwala
Gutta will take on English combo of Anthony Clark and Donna
Kellogg in the second round on Thursday. PTI ATK
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