Top Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal, P.V. Sindhu and K. Srikanth made positive starts to their campaign at the Asia badminton championship here on Wednesday.
Saina, who clinched gold at Gold Coast, brushed aside Singapore’s Yeo Jia Min 21-12 21-9, while Sindhu, the runner-up at the CWG, beat Chinese Taipei’s Pai Yu Po 21-14, 21-19.
CWG silver medallist Srikanth eked out a come-from-behind 13-21, 21-16, 21-16 win over Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto. There were also wins for H.S. Prannoy and B. Sai Praneeth but Sameer Verma’s lost to Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei.
The results: Men: K. Srikanth bt Kenta Nishimoto (Jpn) 13-21, 21-16, 21-16; H.S. Prannoy bt Kantaphon Wangcharoen (Tha) 21-15, 19-21, 21-19; B. Sai Praneeth bt Suppanyu Avihingsanon (Tha) 21-13, 11-21 21-19; Chou Tien Chen (Tpe) bt Sameer Verma 23-21, 21-17.
Doubles: M.R. Arjun & Ramchandran Shlok bt Chung Eui Seok & Kim Dukyoung (Kor) 25-23, 23-21; Bodin Isara & Nipitphon Phuangphuapet (Tha) bt Manu Attri & Sumeeth B. Reddy 21-14, 21-16.
Women: Saina Nehwal bt Yeo Jia Min (Sgp) 21-12, 21-9; P.V. Sindhu bt Pai Yu Po (Tpe) 21-14, 21-19.
Doubles: Meghana Jakkampudi & Poorvisha S. Ram bt Ong Ren-Ne & Wong Jia Ying Crystal (Sgp) 14-21, 22-20, 21-17; Ha Na Baek & Yu Rim Lee (Kor) & Aparna Balan & K.P. Sruthi 21-10, 21-10; Fie Choo Soong & Jing Yi Tee (Mas) bt Kuhoo Garg & Ninghshi Hazarika 21-10, 21-12.
Mixed doubles: Kim Won Ho & Shin Seung Chan (Kor) bt Saurabh Sharma & Anoushka Parikh 21-17, 21-14; Lee Chun Hei Reginald & Chau Hoi Wah (HK) bt Venkat Gaurav Prasad & Juhi Dewangan 21-11, 21-13; Zhang Nan & Li Yinhui (Chn) bt Rohan Kapoor & Kuhoo Garg 21-10, 21-17 .
