Saina Nehwal crashes out of French Open

Saina Nehwal has crashed out of the French Open Superseries tournament in Paris.In the pre-quarterfinal match, Saina lost in straight games to Japanese fifth seed Akane Yamaguchi 9-21, 21-23.

PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth are among the eight other Indian shuttlers who will play tonight their pre-quarter-final matches.

Sindhu, seeded 2nd, defeated Spain's Beatriz Corrales, 21-19, 21-18. Sindhu will meet Japanese Sayaka Takahashi for a place in the quarter-finals.

In Men's Singles, eighth seed Srikanth made it to the Round-of-16 after German Fabian Roth retired during the game. Srikanth will face Hong Kong's Wong Wing Ki Vincent in his next match.

B Sai Praneeth and HS Prannoy also



advanced to the pre-quarterfinals with first-round victories.However, for Parupalli Kashyap, it was a disappointing day after he lost to Indonesian Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 23-21, 18-21, 17.

The pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy in Women's Doubles, and the team of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in Men's Doubles also progressed to the last-16.

Meanwhile, Spanish badminton star Carolina Marin kicked off her 2017 French Open campaign with a 21-17, 21-18 victory over Japan's Minatsu Mitani. 

In men's singles, second-seeded South Korean Son Wan-ho, the world No. 2, was stunned in the first round by Denmark's Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 21-16, 21-19.