Top seed Saina Nehwal stormed into the final of the Singapore Super Series badminton tournament with a spectacular victory over world champion Lu Lan of China here on Saturday.

Top seed Achanta Sharath Kamal entered the second round of the Indian Open ITTF Pro Tour with a comfortable win over Ji Min Han of Korea at the Yamuna Sports Complex here on Friday, reports our correspondent.

Top seed Saina Nehwal stormed into the semifinals of the women’s singles event, while P. Kashyap reached the last four stage in the men’s singles after beating fellow Indian Arvind Bhat in the Singapore Open Super Series badminton tournament on Friday.

Ten Indian paddlers made it to the main singles draw of the Indian Open ITTF Pro Tour that also included four women after the qualifying round at the Yamuna Sports Complex here on Thursday, reports our correspondent.

The road to the Commonwealth Games in October for India’s paddlers, led by Olympian Achanta Sharath Kamal, will begin at the India Open Pro Tour table tennis championship — a test event for the CWG which gets underway here on Wednesday.

Saina Nehwal flashes the victory sign after defeating Malaysia’s Mew Choo Wong (unseen) 20-22, 21-14, 21-12 in the final of the India Open Grand Prix Gold Championship 2010 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Saina Nehwal of India survived a scare from Malaysian Wong Mew Choo to clinch the women’s title of the Yonex-Sunrise Indian Open Grand Prix Gold 2010 badminton championship at the Nehru indoor stadium on Sunday. The top seed rallied from a game down to post a memorable 20-22, 21-14, 21-12 victory over the second seeded Choo.

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