Sania Nehwal enter second round of Indonesian Super Series

Indian badminton star Saina Nehwal and Aditi Mutatkar advanced to the women’s second round while Arvind Bhat and Anand Pawar fizzled out of the men’s event in Indonesian Super Series in Jakarta. Saina Nehwal beat Bulgarian Petya Nedelcheva 21-18, 21-12 in a 30-minute clash, while Aditi also made a good start to her campaign defeating Nicole Grether 21-19, 19-21, 21-7 in a hard-fought battle that lasted 51 Mintute.

Saina may not be playing the Tata Open starting in Mumbai from July 1. The 19-yearold Hyderabadi, who had also missed the inaugural edition of the All India Senior Ranking Badminton event last year, has not sent in her entries this time too. National coach Gopichand said they took the decision because of the hectic international calendar.