After a disappointing start in her comeback match last week, India's ace shuttler Saina Nehwal bounced back to winning ways by reaching the 2nd round of the Hong Open.
On a rebound trail, Saina Nehwal made a resonating begin to her battle at the Hong Kong Super Series, progressing to the second round of ladies' singles with a hard-battled win over Thailand's Porntip Buranaprasertsuk, here today.
London Olympics bronze medallist, Saina, who had lost to Porntip in the opening round at China Open in the wake of making a rebound taking after a three-month lay-off because of damage, retaliated for the misfortune with a 12 21-19 21-17 win over the World No. 12 Thai shuttler.
The fifth seeded Indian, who is hoping to seal her Dubai Super Series Final spot, will next go up against the victor of the match between Chiang Mei Hui and Japan's Sayaka Sato at the Hong Kong Coliseum.
In men's singles, Swiss Open victor H S Prannoy crushed China's Qiao Bin 21-16 21-18, while National champion Sameer Verma edged past Japan's Takuma Ueda 22-20 21-18 in another match.
Men's copies combine of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy, who spoke to India at the Rio Olympics, be that as it may, endured a 15-21 8-21 misfortune to Korean combo of Solgyu Choi and KO Sung Hyun.
