Saina Nehwal came from behind to notch up a hard-fought victory over Juan Gu of Singapore in the first round match of the Malaysian Open Super Series in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday.
Fourth seed Saina managed to prevail over her Singaporean opponent 19-21 21-14 21-15 in a 56-minute battle in women’s singles event. The Indian will next take on Shao Chieh Cheng of Chinese Taipei. In the mixed doubles competition, V Diju and Jwala Gutta also faced some stiff challenge before getting the better of the combo of Chayut Triyachart and Lei Yao of Singapore 21-13 19-21 21-16 in 40 minutes.
However, men’s doubles pair of Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas lost in the first round as they proved no match to fourth seeds Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong of Malaysia, going down 14-21 13-21. In the men’s singles competition, Ajay Jayaram lost to Simon Santoso 21-9 18-21 16-21.
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