BWF: Saina makes winning start

London Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal made a winning start to her campaign at the ongoing BWF World Championships 2022, beating Cheung Ngan Yi of Hong Kong in straight games on Tuesday in her first-round match in the women’s singles category.The 2015 World championship silver medallist Saina played a hard-fought opening game where she was trailing 4-7 at one point but clawed her way back as she went into the break 10-11. After that, it was a neck-to-neck battle which the Hyderabadi shuttler won 21-19.In the second game the two-time world championship medallist Nehwal was clinical in her approach winning four points on the trot and winning the game 21-9. She needed just 38 minutes to wrap up the match 21-19 21-9 and register her fourth win in five meetings. Saina will now play in the third round as her second-round opponent Nozomi Okuhara of Japan has withdrawn from the tournament.