Hong Kong, November 13
World Champion PV Sindhu made a positive start to her campaign but Saina Nehwal and Sameer Verma were ousted from the Hong Kong Open after suffering contrasting defeats in the opening round of the $400,000 event here today.
Sindhu, needed just 36 minutes to see off world No. 19 Kim Ga-eun of South Korea 21-15 21-16 to progress to the second round.
HS Prannoy also crossed the opening hurdle, beating China's Huang Yu Xiang 21-17 21-17 in 44 minutes.
However, eighth seed Saina, suffered her fifth first-round loss in the last six tournaments, going down 13-21 20-22 to China's Cai Yan Yan for the second successive time. She had lost to Cai at China Open last week.
World No. 16 Sameer fought 54 minutes before falling to Wang Tzu Wei of Chinese Taipei 11-21 21-13 8-21 in the opening match. This was his third back-to-back loss in the opening round.
Women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy also couldn't cross the opening round, losing 13-21 12-21 to Denmark's Maiken Fruergaard and Sara Thygesen. — PTI
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