Saina, Sindhu win; Prannoy bows out

New Delhi, Jan 31:
Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu advanced to the second round while H S Prannoy made an early exit after playing with corns on his feet in the USD 350,000 India Open Super 500 badminton tournament here today.
With BWF making it mandatory for top shuttlers to play 12 tournaments in a year, World No. 10 Prannoy took the court against compatriot Shreyansh Jaiswal despite developing foot corns and handed over the opening round match to his younger colleague 4-21 6-21 within 13 minutes.
In the women’s singles, Indonesia Masters finalist Saina got across Denmark’s Sofie Holmboe Dahl 21-15 21-9, while defending champion Sindhu dumped another Danish girl Natalia Koch Rohde 21-10 21-13.(PTI)

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