Jakarta: Saina Nehwal, the defending champion on
Thursday entered the quarterfinals of the Indonesian Super Series
Premier after registering a comfortable straight-game victory over
Sayaka Takahashi of Japan.
World number two Saina took 39 minutes to outplay her 24th ranked
opponent 21-13, 21-19 in a women's singles second round match at the
Istora Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.
The 23-year-old from Hyderabad will take on Carolina Marin of Spain
in the quarters. Saina, seeded second, relied on her smashes and
superior net play to steer clear of her Japanese rival.
The two started on equal footing and were tied till 6-6 before Saina surged ahead to open up a gap of six points.
The Japanese managed to clinch a few straight points to reduce the
gap to 13-14 at one stage, but the Indian showed her class and easily
wrapped up the first game 21-13.
India's campaign has ended in both mixed doubles and women's doubles categories.
While the women's double pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Pradnya Gadre
lost 13-21, 19-21 to local combo Anneke Feinya Agustin and Della
Destiara Haris in little over half an hour, Ponnappa along with her
mixed doubles partner Tarun Kona were handed a 14-21, 21-17, 13-21
defeat by Robert Mateusiak and Nadiezda Zieba of Poland in 42 minutes.
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