New Delhi, October 29: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal struggled her way to the second round of the French Super Series badminton tournament after defeating German Juliane Schenk in a thrilling first-round match in Paris.
Eighth seed Saina beat Juliane 21-18 19-21 21-13 in a 53-minute hard-fought battle yesterday.
Jwala Gutta, meanwhile, struck a double bonanza as she notched up wins both in the mixed doubles and women’s doubles category with her partners V Diju and Ashwini Ponnappa respectively.
The 26-year-old Hyderabadi first teamed up with Ashwini to beat the Dane pair of Line Damkjaer Kruse and Mie Schjott-Kristensen 21-17 21-18 and later combined with Diju to notch up a 21-19 21-15 victory over the French pair of Baptiste Careme and Laura Choinet in 28 minutes.
–PTI