Japan Open  

Returning to action after nearly two months, Saina Nehwal, who made last-minute withdrawals from Indonesia Open and last week's Japan Open because of injuries, got past Chaiwan 21-17, 21-19 in her opening round contest at the Thailand Open in Bangkok

With Srikanth's exit, the Indian shuttlers' campaign at the Japan Open came to a halt as Olympic medallist and Asian Games silver-medallist PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy crashed out in the previous rounds of the women's and men's singles event respectively on Thursday

Kidambi Srikanth did not break a sweat as he avenged his Asian Games loss to Hong Kong's Wong Wing Ki Vincent with a clinical 21-15 21-14 victory to enter the men's singles quarterfinals.

Srikanth had a 5-2 head-to-head record against Wong, but it did not matter in the end as the Hong Kong shuttler proved to be a better player