<p> Leading Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth won their first round matches in contrasting style at the Star Australian Open Superseries here on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>World No 1 Saina comfortably beat 67th ranked Cheah Lyddia Yi Yu of Malaysia 21-12, 21-10.<br /><br />However, PV Sindhu and Parupalli Kashyap were not so lucky as they lost their openers in enthralling battles against their Chinese opponents.<br /><br />Men’s singles fourth seed Srikanth was surprised by Hans-Kristian Vittinghus when the Dane took the first game 21-14. However, the Guntur-born lad came back strongly to crush his opponent in the second game and win it 21-8.<br /><br />World No 4 Srikanth could not carry the momentum into the third game and was being led from the start. In no time, World No 14 Vittinghus had four matchpoints at 20-16. But somehow the Indian youngster made a remarkable comeback to not just save all the matchpoints but also earn two more points to bag the game 22-20.<br /><br />Srikanth will next take on Chinese World No 10 Tian Houwei. RMV Gurusaidutt raised eyebrows by taking the first game from Chen Long before the Chinese fought back to complete a 15-21, 21-9, 21-17 victory.<br /><br />Women’s doubles combine of Jwala and Ashwini also made a winning start as they had a relatively easy, 29-minute victory over Dutch combine of Samantha Barning and Iris Tabeling. The Commonwealth Games champions won 21-13, 21-13 but face a tough task ahead as they will take on Indonesian fourth seeds Nitya Krishinda Maheswari and Greysia Polii on Thursday.<br /><br /> Parupalli Kashyap had to bite the dust as he lost a marathon battle, that lasted an hour and 21 minutes, to sixth seed Zhengming Wang. The Chinese won 24-26, 21-18, 22-20 to take a 5-1 lead in career meetings over the Hyderabadi.<br /><br />Sindhu also lost a tough fight to Yihan Wang. The Chinese eighth seed lost the first game 18-21, but came out stronger to win the next two 21-15 and 25-23 to take a 4-1 lead in career meetings over the World No 12.<br /><br />South Korean mixed doubles pair of Choi Solgyu and Eom Hye Won also put to rest the challenge of qualifiers Pranaav Chopra and Ashwini, who lost 19-21, 14-21 in 35 minutes.<br /><br /></p>
<p> Leading Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth won their first round matches in contrasting style at the Star Australian Open Superseries here on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>World No 1 Saina comfortably beat 67th ranked Cheah Lyddia Yi Yu of Malaysia 21-12, 21-10.<br /><br />However, PV Sindhu and Parupalli Kashyap were not so lucky as they lost their openers in enthralling battles against their Chinese opponents.<br /><br />Men’s singles fourth seed Srikanth was surprised by Hans-Kristian Vittinghus when the Dane took the first game 21-14. However, the Guntur-born lad came back strongly to crush his opponent in the second game and win it 21-8.<br /><br />World No 4 Srikanth could not carry the momentum into the third game and was being led from the start. In no time, World No 14 Vittinghus had four matchpoints at 20-16. But somehow the Indian youngster made a remarkable comeback to not just save all the matchpoints but also earn two more points to bag the game 22-20.<br /><br />Srikanth will next take on Chinese World No 10 Tian Houwei. RMV Gurusaidutt raised eyebrows by taking the first game from Chen Long before the Chinese fought back to complete a 15-21, 21-9, 21-17 victory.<br /><br />Women’s doubles combine of Jwala and Ashwini also made a winning start as they had a relatively easy, 29-minute victory over Dutch combine of Samantha Barning and Iris Tabeling. The Commonwealth Games champions won 21-13, 21-13 but face a tough task ahead as they will take on Indonesian fourth seeds Nitya Krishinda Maheswari and Greysia Polii on Thursday.<br /><br /> Parupalli Kashyap had to bite the dust as he lost a marathon battle, that lasted an hour and 21 minutes, to sixth seed Zhengming Wang. The Chinese won 24-26, 21-18, 22-20 to take a 5-1 lead in career meetings over the Hyderabadi.<br /><br />Sindhu also lost a tough fight to Yihan Wang. The Chinese eighth seed lost the first game 18-21, but came out stronger to win the next two 21-15 and 25-23 to take a 4-1 lead in career meetings over the World No 12.<br /><br />South Korean mixed doubles pair of Choi Solgyu and Eom Hye Won also put to rest the challenge of qualifiers Pranaav Chopra and Ashwini, who lost 19-21, 14-21 in 35 minutes.<br /><br /></p>