India’s Saina Nehwal moved into the second round of women’s singles in Indonesia Masters at Jakarta today. Eighth-seeded Saina, secured a 7-21, 21-16, 21-11 win over local hope Dinar Dyah Ayustine, ranked 50th.
In Men’s Doubles, the pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy notched up a 14-21, 21-19, 21-15 win over Denmark’s Mads Pieler Kolding and Niclas Nohr. Kidambi Srikanth, Parupalli Kashyap and P.V.Sindhu will begin their campaign in Men’s and Women’s singles later in the evening.
B. Sai Praneeth and Subhankar Dey, however, failed to cross the opening hurdle in Men’s Singles and crashed out. The pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy also bowed out of the competition in the women’s doubles opener.
Started #indonesiamasterssuper500 today with a good win against @ayustined .. 7-21 , 21-16 ,21-11 .. she played really well was a tough match for me 👍🙏 #istorasenayan #jakarta pic.twitter.com/RvrUeviJjC
— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) January 23, 2019