India's best bet at the World Badminton Championships, Saina Nehwal proceeded to the women's singles third round after notching up an easy straight games win at the 9,200-seater Ballerup Super Arena here Tuesday.
After receiving a first round bye, the seventh-seeded Indian needed only 31 minutes to beat Russian Natalia Perminova 21-11, 21-9 in the second round to take an unbeaten 2-0 record in career meetings.
The Olympic bronze medallist totally dominated the first game and then won nine consecutive points at the start of the second to take a massive 10-1 lead. It was too much to ask for the World No.44 Russian to overcome the deficit and the Hyderabadi kept winning points to enter the pre-quarterfinals.
Saina will next take on the winner of the match between Japanese 13th seed Sayaka Takahashi and Bulgaria's Petya Nedelcheva.
Meanwhile, Mumbai's Ajay Jayaram, who is making a comeback to the circuit for the first time since January, advanced to the men's singles second round as Japanese fourth seed Kenichi Tago had pulled out before the event had started.
Jayaram will next face Thai Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk in his first competitive match in seven months.
Later, German sixth seeds Michael Fuchs and Birgit Michels made short work of Kerala mixed doubles combine Arun Vishnu and Aparna Balan in only 33 minutes. Fuchs and Michels defeated the Indian pair 21-14, 21-11 in the second round.
Elsewhere, Thai pair Puttita Supajirakul and Sapsiree Taerattanachai also got a walkover as Indians Prajakta Sawant and Arathi Sara Sunil pulled out of the tourney.
Kidambi Srikanth (men's singles) and Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy (men's doubles) will play their respective matches later in the day.
Kashyap Disappoints
Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Parupalli Kashyap crashed out of the prestigious World Badminton Championship after suffering a shocking first-round defeat against Dieter Domke of Germany in the men's singles competition here.
The World No. 27 Indian, who had clinched the biggest title of his career at Glasgow early this month, played his heart out before going down fighting 24-26 21-13 18-21 in a nerve-wrecking battle of attrition which lasted an hour and seven minutes.
However, Indian mixed doubles pair of Arun Vishnu and Aparna Balan crossed the opening hurdle, beating Brazilian combination of Hugo Arthuso and Fabiana Silva 21-12 21-14. They will next take on sixth seed German pair of Michael Fuchs and Birgit Michels.
The men's doubles combo of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Akshay Dewalkar eked out a 21-19 16-21 22-20 win over Hong Kong's Yun Lung Chan and Chun Hei Lee. The Indian pair will take on fifth seeds Ki Jung Kim and Sa Rang Kim of Korea.
Kashyap, who had lost to Domke during the Thomas Cup in New Delhi last May, squandered a 14-10 lead in the opening game before the German gained the upperhand at the 9,200-seater Ballerup Super Arena.
The Indian dished out a dominating performance in the second game as he opened up a narrow 6-4 lead early on and staved off the challenge from the German, who came as close to 12-13 at one point, to draw level.
In the decider, Kashyap was lagging 7-11 but the Indian caught up with his rival at 13-13 and 17-17. However, Domke ensured he didn't lose any more ground to the Indian before sealing the issue in his favour.
By Pune Mirror
After receiving a first round bye, the seventh-seeded Indian needed only 31 minutes to beat Russian Natalia Perminova 21-11, 21-9 in the second round to take an unbeaten 2-0 record in career meetings.
The Olympic bronze medallist totally dominated the first game and then won nine consecutive points at the start of the second to take a massive 10-1 lead. It was too much to ask for the World No.44 Russian to overcome the deficit and the Hyderabadi kept winning points to enter the pre-quarterfinals.Saina will next take on the winner of the match between Japanese 13th seed Sayaka Takahashi and Bulgaria's Petya Nedelcheva.
Meanwhile, Mumbai's Ajay Jayaram, who is making a comeback to the circuit for the first time since January, advanced to the men's singles second round as Japanese fourth seed Kenichi Tago had pulled out before the event had started.
Jayaram will next face Thai Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk in his first competitive match in seven months.
Later, German sixth seeds Michael Fuchs and Birgit Michels made short work of Kerala mixed doubles combine Arun Vishnu and Aparna Balan in only 33 minutes. Fuchs and Michels defeated the Indian pair 21-14, 21-11 in the second round.
Elsewhere, Thai pair Puttita Supajirakul and Sapsiree Taerattanachai also got a walkover as Indians Prajakta Sawant and Arathi Sara Sunil pulled out of the tourney.
Kidambi Srikanth (men's singles) and Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy (men's doubles) will play their respective matches later in the day.
Kashyap Disappoints
Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Parupalli Kashyap crashed out of the prestigious World Badminton Championship after suffering a shocking first-round defeat against Dieter Domke of Germany in the men's singles competition here.
The World No. 27 Indian, who had clinched the biggest title of his career at Glasgow early this month, played his heart out before going down fighting 24-26 21-13 18-21 in a nerve-wrecking battle of attrition which lasted an hour and seven minutes.
However, Indian mixed doubles pair of Arun Vishnu and Aparna Balan crossed the opening hurdle, beating Brazilian combination of Hugo Arthuso and Fabiana Silva 21-12 21-14. They will next take on sixth seed German pair of Michael Fuchs and Birgit Michels.
The men's doubles combo of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Akshay Dewalkar eked out a 21-19 16-21 22-20 win over Hong Kong's Yun Lung Chan and Chun Hei Lee. The Indian pair will take on fifth seeds Ki Jung Kim and Sa Rang Kim of Korea.
Kashyap, who had lost to Domke during the Thomas Cup in New Delhi last May, squandered a 14-10 lead in the opening game before the German gained the upperhand at the 9,200-seater Ballerup Super Arena.
The Indian dished out a dominating performance in the second game as he opened up a narrow 6-4 lead early on and staved off the challenge from the German, who came as close to 12-13 at one point, to draw level.
In the decider, Kashyap was lagging 7-11 but the Indian caught up with his rival at 13-13 and 17-17. However, Domke ensured he didn't lose any more ground to the Indian before sealing the issue in his favour.
By Pune Mirror
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