New Delhi, November 18: Ace Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal, Chetan Anand and Arvind Bhat notched up contrasting wins to advance to the second round of the singles events in the China Super Series in Shanghai today.
Seventh seed Saina brushed aside Canadian Charmaine Reid 21-6 21-12 in 25 minutes in the women’s singles.
In the men’s singles, Chetan struggled past Valeriy Atrachenkov of Ukraine 22-20 25-23 in a 35-minute battle, while Arvind beat Korean Wan Ho Shon 21-18 21-16 in 39 minutes.
However, it was curtains for India in the doubles category.
Indian men’s doubles pair of Rupesh Kumar and Thomas Sanave went down to Danish combo of Henriksen Kasper Faust and Anders Kristiansen 19-21 12-21 in 34 minutes.
But it was Indian best doubles player Jwala Gutta, who had the most disappointing day.
–Agencies