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Saina moves up

Singapore: Saina Nehwal kicked off her singles campaign with a straight-game win, while the duo of Chetan Anand and Anup Sridhar sailed into the third round of the men's singles event of the Singapore Open badminton championships.

The results: Men: J.B.S. Vidhyadhar lost to Bjoern Joppien (Ger) 21-13, 21-16; Kashyap lost to Shoji Sato (Jpn) 21-15, 21-19; Chetan Anand bt Jean Michel Lefort 21-14, 21-9 (Fra); Anup Sridhar bt Yi Lu (Chn) 21-18, 21-16. Women: Saina Nehwal bt Yu-Chin Chien (Tpe) 21-18, 21-19. — UNI

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