Orleans Masters: Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth make profitable begins

London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal crushed Ireland’s Rachael Darragh in straight video games within the ladies’s singles opening spherical to make a profitable begin to her marketing campaign on the Orleans Masters in Paris on Wednesday.
The fourth seeded Indian, who’s desperately looking for rating factors to make it to her fourth Olympics, took simply 21 minutes to beat Rachael 21-9 21-5 and arrange a conflict with France’s Marie Batomene right here.
Saina had pulled out of the opening spherical of All England Open Championships final week after struggling a thigh harm.Top Indian male shuttler Kidambi Srikanth, seeded primary, entered the third spherical with a 21-15 21-10 win over compatriot Ajay Jayaram 21-15 21-10 in 25 minutes.
In the primary spherical, Srikanth had acquired a bye, whereas Ajay had prevailed 19-21 23-21 21-16 over fellow Indian Alap Mishra.
Mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy beat Austria’s Dominik Stipsits and Serena Au Yeong 21-7 21-18. The Indian duo will meet Denmark’s Niclas Nohr and Amalie Magelund subsequent.
Ira Sharma, who was promoted to the principle draw from the ladies’s singles qualification, noticed off France’s Leonice Huet 12-21 21-14 21-17 and can sq. off in opposition to Bulgaria’s Mariya Mitsova.
On Tuesday, India’s Kiran George had surprised Netherland’s Mark Caljouw, who had reached the semifinals of All England Championships final week, 13-21 21-18 22-20 in an exciting opening spherical match.
Mithun Manjunath beat France’s Lucas Claerbout 21-14 21-10 however Subhankar Dey misplaced 17-21 13-21 to Denmark’s Ditlev Jaeger Holm within the opening spherical.