Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 30 (ANI/NewsVoir): This inclusive campaign brings together for the first time Indian Olympians MC Mary Kom, Saina Nehwal, Bollywood stars Ranbir Kapoor, Kiara Advani, and International cricketers Mithali Raj, Sunil Narine, and Eoin Morgan.
Saina will now play in the third round as her second-round opponent Nozomi Okuhara of Japan has withdrawn from the tournament. The 32-year-old shuttler will take on the winner of the second-round match between 12th seed Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand and Yvonne Li of Germany.
Playing on court 1, Sindhu overcame a strong challenge from her Chinese rival Han Yue 17-21 21-11 21-19 in a contest lasting 62 minutes to book her semifinal berth.
Nehwal defeated her Chinese counterpart Bingjio by 21-19, 11-21, 21-17 while Arjun-Kapila prevailed over Sze Fei and Izzuddin of Malaysia by 18-21, 24-22, and 21-18
Playing on court 1, PV Sindhu won the match within two straight games by margin of 21-15, 21-11. She was extremely dominant against her Belgian counterpart and eliminated her from competition in just two games.