Saina knocked out of China open

(Reporters Today, Bhubaneswar): Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal was knocked out of the ongoing China Open World Tour Super 1000 tournament on Wednesday. She was defeated to Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand in the opening round. It was her second consecutive defeat against the Thai shuttler.  She lost the match in 10-21, 17-21 to World No. 8 in just 44 minutes at the Olympic Sports Center Xincheng Gymnasium.

However, on Wednesday, the London Olympic bronze medalist didn’t seem to be in any sort of rhythm as out of the 69 points played, she could only manage to win 27 while the remaining 42 went to Busanan’s way.