Saina crashes out of the Denmark Open

Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal crashed out of the Denmark badminton Open at Odense today after losing to Japan's Sayaka Takahashi in women's singles.

Sameer Verma, however, crossed the first hurdle in the men's singles when he beat Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan 21-11, 21-11 to advance to the second round. 

The Indian mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry



Chopra and N Sikki Reddy also made it to the second round with a 21-16, 21-11 win over the German duo of Marvin Seidel and Linda Efler.

In another mixed doubles first-round match, Satwiksairaj Ranki Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa did not take the court and conceded a walk over to the second-seeded Chinese pair of Wang Yi Lyu and Huang Dong Ping.