Beginning with spectacular win, Saina and Sindhu storm into second round of Malaysia Masters badminton tournament
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New Delhi, January 8: India’s reigning world tennis champion P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal sailed into the second round of the Malaysia Masters badminton tournament today.
Saina had a convincing win over Belgium’s Lianne Tan. Sindhu, seeded sixth, took just 35 minutes to beat Evgeniya Kosetskaya of Russia 21-15, 21-13 in the first round.
Sindhu starts with a win!⚡️@Pvsindhu1 starts her campaign at the #PeroduaMalaysiaMasters 2020, with a win as she outclassed 🇷🇺’s #EvgeniyaKosetskaya, comfortably 21-15,21-13.
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) January 8, 2020
Good luck for the tournament ahead! 💪#IndiaontheRise #badminton #badmintonmalaysia pic.twitter.com/6jtWrloQmP
The London Olympics bronze medallist Saina beat Tan 21-15, 21-17 in just 36 minutes. This was the first time the two were facing each other. Saina, who claimed the Indonesia Masters last year, has struggled since making a series of early exits in the rest of the year.
Saina off to a winning start!🚀@NSaina puts up a fine show as she defeated 🇧🇪’s @liannetan20 2️⃣1️⃣-1️⃣5️⃣,2️⃣1️⃣-1️⃣7️⃣ in the R1 of #PeroduaMalaysiaMasters 2020.
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) January 8, 2020
Good luck ahead champ!💪#IndiaontheRise #badminton #badmintonmalaysia pic.twitter.com/on6DxqNWsL
World championships bronze-medallist B Sai Praneeth Kidambi Srikanth crashed out of the tournament. Earlier, Praneeth made a first-round exit after going down tamely to Denmark’s Rasmus Gemke 11-21, 15-21. Srikanth lost his second seed encounter to Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien Chen 17-21 5-21 in only 30 minutes.