Sydney, May 27:
Leading Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth won their first round matches in contrasting style at the Star Australian Open Superseries here today.
While World No.1 Saina comfortably beat 67th-ranked Cheah Lyddia Yi Yu of Malaysia, World No.4 Srikanth pipped Hans-Kristian Vittinghus of Denmark in a thrilling decider.
The women’s doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa, too, made a winning start at the USD 750,000 event.
Among the Indians who made a first round exit were P V Sindhu, Parupalli Kashyap and R M V Gurusaidutt, who took a game off World No.1 Chen Long.
Defending champion Saina, playing her opener late in the day, breezed past Cheah 21-12 21-10 to enter the last 16 of the competition. (PTI)
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