<p>Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal started her campaign on a positive note, advancing to the second round of the women’s singles competition but it was curtains for Parupalli Kashyap and K Srikanth in the men’s singles category of the All England championship here on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Saina was the only bright spot on a dismal day for Indian badminton as she notched up an easy 21-15, 21-6 win over Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour in a 32-minute match.<br /><br />She will take on US’ Beiwen Zhang in the second round.<br /><br />Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Kashyap played his heart out before suffering a 21-14, 19-21, 17-21 defeat against fifth seed Kenichi Tago of Japan in men’s singles match that lasted for an hour and 15 minutes.<br /><br />Thailand Open GP Gold winner Kidambi Srikanth too could not cross the first hurdle and went down to Japan’s Kento Momota 11-21, 15-21 in another men’s singles match.<br /><br />Indian mixed doubles pair of Tarun Kona and Ashwini Ponnappa also fell in the opening round, losing to fourth seed Danish combo of Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen 13-21, 16-21 in just over half an hour.<br /><br />On Tuesday, the women’s doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa could not cross the first hurdle in the qualifying round.<br /><br />Commonwealth Games Gold medallist pair of Jwala and Ashwini also failed to tame the Chinese combo of Jin Ma and Yuanting Tang as they went down 21-14, 15-21, 17-21 in a match that lasted 54 minutes.<br /><br />Results (only matches involving Indians): Men’s singles: Kento Momoto bt K Srikanth 21-11, 21-15; Kenichi Tago bt Parupalli Kashyap 14-21, 21-19, 21-17.<br /><br />Women’s singles: 7-Saina Nehwal bt Kirsty Gilmour 21-15, 21-6. <br /><br />Mixed doubles: Joachim Fischer Nielsen/ Christinna Pedersen bt Tarun Kona/ Ashwini Ponappa 21-13, 21-16.</p>
<p>Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal started her campaign on a positive note, advancing to the second round of the women’s singles competition but it was curtains for Parupalli Kashyap and K Srikanth in the men’s singles category of the All England championship here on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Saina was the only bright spot on a dismal day for Indian badminton as she notched up an easy 21-15, 21-6 win over Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour in a 32-minute match.<br /><br />She will take on US’ Beiwen Zhang in the second round.<br /><br />Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Kashyap played his heart out before suffering a 21-14, 19-21, 17-21 defeat against fifth seed Kenichi Tago of Japan in men’s singles match that lasted for an hour and 15 minutes.<br /><br />Thailand Open GP Gold winner Kidambi Srikanth too could not cross the first hurdle and went down to Japan’s Kento Momota 11-21, 15-21 in another men’s singles match.<br /><br />Indian mixed doubles pair of Tarun Kona and Ashwini Ponnappa also fell in the opening round, losing to fourth seed Danish combo of Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen 13-21, 16-21 in just over half an hour.<br /><br />On Tuesday, the women’s doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa could not cross the first hurdle in the qualifying round.<br /><br />Commonwealth Games Gold medallist pair of Jwala and Ashwini also failed to tame the Chinese combo of Jin Ma and Yuanting Tang as they went down 21-14, 15-21, 17-21 in a match that lasted 54 minutes.<br /><br />Results (only matches involving Indians): Men’s singles: Kento Momoto bt K Srikanth 21-11, 21-15; Kenichi Tago bt Parupalli Kashyap 14-21, 21-19, 21-17.<br /><br />Women’s singles: 7-Saina Nehwal bt Kirsty Gilmour 21-15, 21-6. <br /><br />Mixed doubles: Joachim Fischer Nielsen/ Christinna Pedersen bt Tarun Kona/ Ashwini Ponappa 21-13, 21-16.</p>