London Olympics bronze medalist shuttler Saina Nehwal started her BWF World Championship marketing campaign with a straight recreation win over Hong Kong’s Cheung Ngan Yi.
Saina took 38 minutes to beat Ngan Yi 21-19 21-9 within the first spherical. The 32-year-old, who has a silver and a bronze from Worlds, thus superior to the pre-quarterfinals as her second-round opponent. Nozomi Okuhara withdrew from the match resulting from damage, giving the Indian a bye.
Women’s doubles pair of Tresa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand additionally made a successful begin. The Indian pair barely broke a sweat as they beat Malaysians Yen Yuan Lo and Valerie Seo 21-11 21-13.
However, it was the tip of the highway for the combined doubles pair of Venkat Gaurav Prasad and Juhi Devangan as they misplaced 10-21, 21-23 to Gregory Myers and Jenny Moore of England.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
