Saina, Kashyap, Jayaram advance in Hong Kong

London Olympics badminton bronze medallist SainaNehwal made short work of Aprilla Yuswandari of Indonesia to move into thewomen's singles second round of the $250,000 Hong Kong Open Super Series hereWednesday.
In men's singles, Ajay Jayaram and London Olympics quarter-finalist ParupalliKashyap also won their respective ties to advance to the next round of thefinal Super Series tournament of the calendar.
Seeded third, Saina won 22-20, 21-8 in 33 minutes at the Hong Kong Coliseum toclinch a third career victory in as many matches over the World No.34Indonesian.
In the first game, it was a neck-and-neck fight between the two Asians. Sainareached game point with Aprillia at 17. But the Indonesian saved all three ofthem, levelling the game at 20-all.
But the World No.3 Indian was quick to take the next two points and wrap thegame.
Saina proved too good for Aprillia in the second game as she raced away to a19-6 lead, winning 10 straight points. The 22-year-old took just onematch-point to seal the deal.
In her next match, Saina faces Lin Wang of China, who has a 3-2 head-to-headrecord against the World No.3.
In men's action, Mumbai's Jayaram won a thrilling encounter to upset WorldNo.17 Zhengming Wang of China 22-20, 23-21 in 35 minutes. He booked a date withWorld No.1 and top seed Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, who has an impeccable 4-0head-to-head against the Indian.
In another match, Kashyap caused another upset overcoming seventh seeded Jan OJorgensen of Denmark 24-22, 20-22, 22-20 in a marathon match that lasted onehour and eight minutes. The Hyderabadi levelled the head-to-head against theDanish 1-1.
Pranaav Chopra had a fantastic day out as he won both his mixed and men'sdoubles matches to advance to the second round of both events.
Partnering N. Siki Reddy in the mixed event, they beat American duo of PhillipChew and Jamie Subandhi 21-19, 21-15 in 24 minutes to move into the secondround. While in men's doubles Chopra with Akshay Dewalkar defeated Indonesianpairing of Hafiz Faisal and Putra Eka Rhoma 21-16, 21-23, 21-17 in 49 minutesto advance.
However, the list of losers was longer for India as P.V. Sindhu (women'ssingles), Tarun Kona/Arun Vishnu and Manu Attri/B. Sumeeth Reddy (men'sdoubles) and Tarun Kona/Ashwini Ponnappa, Akshay Dewalkar/Pradnya Gadre andArun Vishnu/Aparna Balan (mixed doubles) went out of the tournament on thefirst day of action.