Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal fought her way back from a game down to win her opening round match, while compatriot PV Sindhu crushed her opponent to storm into the second round of the Australian Super Series.
Saina will now take on compatriot PC Thulasi, who hardly had to break a sweat to overcome USA’s Jamie Subandhi in another women’s singles first round match. World No. 9 Saina, seeded sixth in the tournament, lost the first game, but rallied in a fine fashion to beat her unseeded Chinese rival Sun Yu 22-24, 21-17, 21-10 in her opening round match that lasted an hour and 15 minutes.
Eighth seeded Sindhu, meanwhile, had an easy outing against her unseeded Japanese opponent Aya Ohori, who she defeated 21-16, 21-14 in just 31 minutes to set up a second round clash with Nichaon Jindapon of Thailand.
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