Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal produced a sensational present within the first spherical of India Open Super 750 badminton match. The London Olympics bronze medallist fought exhausting towards world No. 24 Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark to win the primary spherical 21-17, 12-21, 21-19 in New Delhi.

Nehwal began the match on a excessive word and took 11-6 lead within the opening recreation however the Danish shuttler bounced again within the second half however didn’t clinch it because it went within the Indian’s favour 21-17. While Blichfeldt produced a dominant present within the second recreation to say it 12-21. She was in whole management and the momentum utterly shifted in her favour however Nehwal didn’t again down from the problem.

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The 32-year-old switched the gears and performed some counter-attacking badminton to stun her opponent and got here up with a misleading internet shot to shut the match.

“I’ve been engaged on my motion and I used to be assured that I may win the match immediately. I may see that my motion was good immediately and I used to be decided to battle for each level,” said Saina after the match.

She will now face China’s Chen Yufei in the next round. The Tokyo Olympic gold medallist defeated Michelle Li of Canada 21-19, 21-15.

Meanwhile, another Indian star shuttler PV Sindhu suffered a shocking defeat in the first round of the India Open Super 750 against Thailand’s Supanida Katethong. Sindhu, who entered the tournament as one of the favourites, went down 12-21 20-22 to the world No. 30 in the women’s singles match.

Supanida was very dominant in the opening game as she didn’t allow the world No. 7 Sindhu to settle. She was very precise in her returns and was in total control during the rallies to clinch the first game 21-12.

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It was overall a mixed day for India as Lakshya Sen, Satwisairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty, Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand Pullela and Krishna Prasad Garaga/Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala too advanced to the next stage.

However, besides Sindhu, H.S Prannoy, India’s highest-ranked men’s player, women’s doubles pair Shruti Mishra/Sikki Reddy; the mixed doubles pair of Ishaan Bhatnagar/Tanisha Crasto and the women’s doubles combine of Haritha Manazhiyil and Ashna Roy crashed out on the opening day.

(With Agency Inputs)

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