Saina Nehwal crashes out of Denmark Open Badminton

India's Saina Nehwal crashed out of the women's singles second round of the Denmark Open badminton with a 19-21, 13-21 loss to Tzu Ying Tai of Chinese Taipei at Odense Thursday. It took 36 minutes for Tzu to close the match.

However, the Indian pair of Jwala Gutta and V Diju entered the mixed doubles quarterfinals with a 21-16, 21-19 victory over the English combine of Chris Adcock and Imogen Bankier.

They now await the winner of the second round match between third-seeded Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen of Denmark and South Koreans Baek Choel Shin and Ha Na Kim.

Saina has won only one title, Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold, this year and finished runner-up at Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold and Indonesia Open Super Series.