Top Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth continued their poor run of type as they crashed out within the first spherical of the season-opening Malaysia Open right here on Tuesday.
London Olympic medalist Saina, who confronted a troublesome 2022 battling a number of accidents and lack of type, misplaced 12-21 21-17 12-21 to China’s Han Yu within the $1,250,000 Super 1000 event.
Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly, in girls’s doubles, have been the one Indian badminton gamers to win on the opening day of the event.
The Indian pair, who received a bronze medal on the 2022 Commonwealth Games, defeated Yung Nga Ting and Yung Pui Lam of Hong Kong 21-14 21-19 to enter the last-16.
World No. 30 Saina got here again after dropping the primary recreation to win the decider within the girls’s singles first spherical match.
However, two-time Commonwealth Games champion Saina fell behind as Han took an enormous result in win the match comfortably.
Former world primary Srikanth’s dedication was vindictive. The World Championships silver medallist, who has been struggling for type lately, went down 19-21 14-21 to unseeded Kenta Nishimoto of Japan in 42 minutes.
No. 13 Srikanth fought laborious within the opening recreation however Nishimoto was capable of take the lead.
In the second recreation, each the shuttlers have been tied at 12-12 however the Japanese participant ran away from there successful the match.
Aakarshi Kashyap additionally went down 10-21 8-21 to Wen Chi Hsu of Chinese Taipei within the girls’s singles opener.
Men’s doubles pair of Krishna Garga and Vishnuvardhan Panjala misplaced 21-10 21-18 to South Korea’s Kang Min Hyuk and Seo Seung Jae within the first spherical.
Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu will tackle Carolina Marin in her opening match on Wednesday, whereas Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy will conflict for a spot within the spherical of 16.
In males’s doubles, World Championship bronze medalists Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will play in opposition to South Korea’s Choi Sol Gyu and Kim Won Ho.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
