Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur: India suffered a major setback in the Malaysia Masters. Veteran shuttler Saina Nehwal has already crashed out of the tournament after losing in the first round. Saina has been out in the second consecutive tournament after losing in the first round. Apart from this, two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu entered the second round of women’s singles by defeating He Bing Jiao of China in a tough first round match.
London Olympics bronze medalist Saina was defeated by South Korea’s Kim Ga Eun 21-16 17-21 14-21 in the opening match. The first game was won by Saina. In the next two games too, Saina gave a tough fight to the Korean player, but the Korean player won. World number 24 Saina had crashed out of the Malaysia Open Super 750 tournament last week after losing in the first round.
On the other hand, seventh seed Sindhu defeated Bing Xiao 21-13 17-21 21-15 in a match that lasted almost an hour. With this win, world number seven Sindhu avenged her defeat against Bing Xiao in the first round of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 tournament last month. Although the Chinese player still has a win-loss record of 10-9 against Sindhu.