AGENCY
JAKARTA: Saina Nehwal staved off a challenge from a lower-ranked Pai Yu Po of Chinese Taipei to make a positive start to her women’s singles campaign at the Indonesia Super Series Premier badminton tournament here today. Saina recovered from a mid-game slump to register a 21-11 19-21 21-15 win over World No. 23 Pai Yu Po in a match. Saina will next take on Indonesian Fitriani Fitriani tomorrow.
However, Indian mixed doubles pair of Manu Attri and Ashwini Ponnappa fought hard before going down 14-21 25-27 to Singapore combo of Yong Kai Terry Hee and Wei Han Tan in a 30-minute match. (PTI)
