Saina Nehwal beat France's Marie Batomene 18-21, 21-15, 21-10 to reach the women's singles quarterfinals of the Orleans Masters Super 1000 tournament on Thursday.
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Saina, who had claimed the title in 2015, faces Chinese Taipei's Pai Yu Po in the first round and is likely to meet eighth seeded Korean Sung Ji Hyun in the second round
Concerns over rapid spread of Coronavirus had forced postponement of the 4 Olympic qualifying events so far -- Lingshui China Masters, Vietnam International Challenge and German Open and Polish Open
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Saina, the London Olympics bronze medallist, defeated eighth-seed South Korea's An Se Young 25-23, 21-12 in a match that lasted for 39 minutes.
Reigning world champion Sindhu, seeded sixth, took just 35 minutes to beat Evgeniya Kosetskaya of Russia 21-15 21-13 in the first round
Surprised at her new found aggression, India's No 1 shuttler Saina Nehwal is confident that she would persist with her attacking style of play which enabled her to win Australia Super Series Championship. Just like she had mentioned on her twitter account, Saina attributed her attacking style to Virat Kohli's recent exploits. "In Australia, I was surprised to see myself being more aggressive. I was not doing that for a long time. But here, I was attacking a lot more. I was very, very aggressive and that's what I have learnt. I hope, in future matches also, I retain my aggression and continue attacking," Saina told reporters during a media conference, here today. Citing the example of India's Test captain, Saina said:"All the players, if you see badminton, Carolina (Marin), she got very aggressive game. I really wish to have that aggressiveness, how Virat (Kohli) has got. He is playing really well these days. Every match he is performing so well. He is very aggressive
Saina was chasing for much of the match but she had game point at 20-19 in the first game. Young however took three consecutive points to win the first game 22-20
Nehwal was trailing 4-10 in the opening game when Marin decided to withdraw from the contest
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Earlier, Olympic medallist Nehwal took to Twitter to claim that her father, who was confirmed as part of the Indian contingent travelling to Australia for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, was denied entry
It was Saina's eighth successive loss to the Taiwanese wizard in five years