<p class="title">Olympic medallist Saina Nehwal, Parupalli Kashyap and Kidambi Srikanth entered the second round to mark a fine day for Indian shuttlers at the Malaysia Masters here on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Seeded seventh, Saina had to toil hard and came back from a game down to quell the challenge of Hong Kong's Joy Xuan Deng 14-21, 21-18, 21-18 in a women's singles first round encounter that lasted one hour and five minutes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Saina, the only Indian in women's singles event, will next play another unseeded shuttler from Hong Kong, Pui Yin Yip in the second round.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Like Saina, Kashyap too had a tough outing, against Denmark's Rasmus Gemke. He had to dig deep to get the better of his opponent 19-21, 21-19, 21-10 in his men's singles match.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But it was a relative walk in the park for another Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth, seeded seventh, as he took just 30 minutes to beat Angus Ka Long NG of Hong Kong 21-17, 21-11 in the first round.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While Kashyap has a tough second round encounter against sixth seed Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia, Srikanth will be up against Hong Kong's Vincent Wing Ki Wong.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy overcame their first hurdle with a hard-fought 21-16, 22-20 win over Hong Kong's Tsz Yau NG and Sin Ying Yuen.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Indian duo will next play Indonesian combine of Ni Ketut Mahadewi Istarani and Rizki Amelia Pradipta.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It was curtains for Indian mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Sikki Reddy. They lost 19-21, 17-21 to Netherlands' Robin Tabeling and Selena Piek.</p>
<p class="title">Olympic medallist Saina Nehwal, Parupalli Kashyap and Kidambi Srikanth entered the second round to mark a fine day for Indian shuttlers at the Malaysia Masters here on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Seeded seventh, Saina had to toil hard and came back from a game down to quell the challenge of Hong Kong's Joy Xuan Deng 14-21, 21-18, 21-18 in a women's singles first round encounter that lasted one hour and five minutes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Saina, the only Indian in women's singles event, will next play another unseeded shuttler from Hong Kong, Pui Yin Yip in the second round.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Like Saina, Kashyap too had a tough outing, against Denmark's Rasmus Gemke. He had to dig deep to get the better of his opponent 19-21, 21-19, 21-10 in his men's singles match.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But it was a relative walk in the park for another Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth, seeded seventh, as he took just 30 minutes to beat Angus Ka Long NG of Hong Kong 21-17, 21-11 in the first round.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While Kashyap has a tough second round encounter against sixth seed Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia, Srikanth will be up against Hong Kong's Vincent Wing Ki Wong.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy overcame their first hurdle with a hard-fought 21-16, 22-20 win over Hong Kong's Tsz Yau NG and Sin Ying Yuen.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Indian duo will next play Indonesian combine of Ni Ketut Mahadewi Istarani and Rizki Amelia Pradipta.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It was curtains for Indian mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Sikki Reddy. They lost 19-21, 17-21 to Netherlands' Robin Tabeling and Selena Piek.</p>