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Friday, Jun 20, 2025
It was Nehwal's second career win over Yamaguchi, who has won six times in the head-to-head encounters between the two.
Kidambi Srikanth needed 35 minutes to get the better of local hope Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus 21-16, 21-10 in the opening round.
Srikanth, who led 9-6 in the opening game, squandered the advantage to lose 21-16, 21-12 to the Japanese world champion.
Srikanth lost to second seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei 22-20, 13-21, 16-21.
Srikanth, seeded fifth, defeated Ho-Shue 21-15, 21-14 in just 33 minutes to make it to the last eight of the Super 750 tournament.
The withdrawal of former world No.1 Saina means there will be no Indian participation in the women's singles event at Odense as world champion P V Sindhu has already opted out.
In a series of tweets, the 33-year old said he was not allowed to board the flight, despite carrying the same Type C Schengen Visa, as well as COVID-19 negative certificate like the rest of the players.
The 19-year-old produced a clinical performance to outwit Christo Popov 21-9, 21-15.
Saina has been going through a tough phase with fitness issues since claiming the Indonesia Masters in January. She had also made first-round exits at the China Open and Korea Open earlier this year.
Fifth seed Sindhu, who had made early exits in China and Korea, got back her bearing as she overcame former World Junior Champion Gregoria 22-20 21-18 in 38 minutes to keep her 5-0 record intact against the Indonesian.
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