Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal was knocked out of the progressing China Open World Tour Super 1000 competition on Wednesday after enduring a crushing defeat to Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan in the opening round.
The eighth-seeded Indian lost 10-21, 17-21 to World No. 8 in only 44 minutes at the Olympic Sports Center Xincheng Gymnasium. It was her second back to back destruction against the Thai shuttler.
China Open has been one competition where Saina has had a not too bad excursion previously. The 29-year-old triumphed Changzhou in 2014 and proceeded to arrive at the final the very next year, where she tumbled to 2012 Olympic victor Li Xuerui.
Be that as it may, on Wednesday, the London Olympic bronze medallist didn't appear to be in any kind of mood as out of the 69 points played, she could just figure out how to win 27 while the staying 42 went to Busanan's way.
2019 hasn't been an extraordinary year for the previous World No.1. As far back as her comeback from an injury, things haven't worked out the manner in which she would have loved. Having played the New Zealand Open in May, she had to avoid the court for over two months because of fitness issues.
When she made arrival at the Thailand Open, Saina, who was just the second Indian to be World No. 1 after Prakash Padukone till then in 2015, figured out how to win only one match before bowing out to Sayaka Takahashi.
At the World Championships held in Basel, Switzerland, she made a second-round exit as she went down to Mia Blichfeldt.
The first competition she won was the Indonesia Masters in January where she crushed Olympic gold medallist Carolina Marin, who was forced to retire in the summit clash.
