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Saina, Anup progress

New Delhi: Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal and Olympian Anup Sridhar advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the Singapore Open Super Series while three other Indians lost.

Sixth seed Saina came from behind to beat Maja 18-21, 21-11, 21-16 in a 50-minute gruelling battle. Sridhar continued his good run and defeated Thai Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk 22-20, 21-19. However, Chetan Anand suffered a 18-21, 11-21 loss to Malaysian Choong Hann Wong in the first round.

Arvind Bhatt went down 12-21, 21-15, 9-21 to third seed Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia while Aditi Mutatkar also made a first round exit, losing to Judith Meulendijks of Netherlands 21-14, 21-19.

It was also curtains for the mixed doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and V. Diju as they went down to the sixth-seeded Chinese pair of Zhongbo Xie and Yawen Zhang 13-21, 14-21.

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