<p>London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal stormed into the third round of the World Badminton Championship with a commanding straight-game win over Natalia Perminova of Russia in women’s singles here on Tuesday.<br /><br />Saina, seeded seventh, took just 31 minutes to dispose off Perminova 21-11, 21-9. The Indian had earlier got a bye in the first round.<br /><br />Another Indian in the fray in women’s singles, 11th seed P V Sindhu, will take on Russia’s Olga Golovanova in the second round on Wednesday after she too got a bye in the opening round.<br />In men’s singles, Ajay Jayaram progressed to the second round after receiving a walkover from fourth seed Kenichi Tago of Japan.<br /><br />Jayaram will next face Thai shuttler Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk, who defeated Scotland’s Kieran Merrilees 21-16, 21-17 in his opening round.<br /><br />However, it turned out to be a disappointing outing for Commonwealth Games gold medallist Parupalli Kashyap as he crashed out in the first round of the men’s singles event after suffering a shocking defeat against Dieter Domke of Germany on Monday night.</p>.<p><br />The world number 27, who had clinched the biggest title of his career at Glasgow early this month, played his heart out before going down fighting 24-26, 21-13, 18-21 in a nerve-wrecking battle of attrition which lasted an hour and seven minutes. <br /><br />The mixed doubles pair of Arun Vishnu and Aparna Balan crossed the opening hurdle, beating Brazilian combination of Hugo Arthuso and Fabiana Silva 21-12, 21-14. <br /><br />The men’s doubles combo of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Akshay Dewalkar eked out a 21-19, 16-21, 22-20 win over Hong Kong’s Yun Lung Chan and Chun Hei Lee. </p>
<p>London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal stormed into the third round of the World Badminton Championship with a commanding straight-game win over Natalia Perminova of Russia in women’s singles here on Tuesday.<br /><br />Saina, seeded seventh, took just 31 minutes to dispose off Perminova 21-11, 21-9. The Indian had earlier got a bye in the first round.<br /><br />Another Indian in the fray in women’s singles, 11th seed P V Sindhu, will take on Russia’s Olga Golovanova in the second round on Wednesday after she too got a bye in the opening round.<br />In men’s singles, Ajay Jayaram progressed to the second round after receiving a walkover from fourth seed Kenichi Tago of Japan.<br /><br />Jayaram will next face Thai shuttler Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk, who defeated Scotland’s Kieran Merrilees 21-16, 21-17 in his opening round.<br /><br />However, it turned out to be a disappointing outing for Commonwealth Games gold medallist Parupalli Kashyap as he crashed out in the first round of the men’s singles event after suffering a shocking defeat against Dieter Domke of Germany on Monday night.</p>.<p><br />The world number 27, who had clinched the biggest title of his career at Glasgow early this month, played his heart out before going down fighting 24-26, 21-13, 18-21 in a nerve-wrecking battle of attrition which lasted an hour and seven minutes. <br /><br />The mixed doubles pair of Arun Vishnu and Aparna Balan crossed the opening hurdle, beating Brazilian combination of Hugo Arthuso and Fabiana Silva 21-12, 21-14. <br /><br />The men’s doubles combo of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Akshay Dewalkar eked out a 21-19, 16-21, 22-20 win over Hong Kong’s Yun Lung Chan and Chun Hei Lee. </p>