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Dismal show by Indians; Saina loses

New Delhi: The Indian shuttlers, barring Anand Pawar, sank without any trace in the first round of the singles main draw, while defending champion Saina Nehwal lost to a Chinese qualifier in the women’s draw of the Philippines Open in Manila on Wednesday.

Saina suffered a 21-15, 21-13 loss to Jhingjing Zhu.

In men’s singles, Pawar scored a 21-8, 21-13 win over Juergen Koch of Austria. Pawar, however, is in for a tough second round clash against the top seed, Chen Hong of China, who beat Ajay Jayaram 21-19, 21-17.

National champion, Chetan Anand, lost to Kay Bin Yeoh of Malaysia 21-10, 21-15, while Anup Sridhar went down to Indonesia’s Tommy Sugiarto 21-19, 21-14.

Nikhil Kanetkar lost to Wei Ng of Hong Kong 21-13, 21-14 and P. Kashyap went down to Indonesia’s Sony Dwi Kuncoro 21-18, 21-12.

In mixed doubles, V. Diju and Aparna Balan advanced to the second round after a 14-21, 21-18, 21-17 win over Shao Chieh Cheng and Chia Hsin Tsai of Chinese Taipei. — PTI

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