Olympic bronze medallist and top seed Saina Nehwal yesterday advanced to the second round of the women&rsquo;s singles event at the $200,000 India Open Super Series badminton here. <img alt="Saina Nehwal" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/apr/Saina-Nehwal.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 324px;" /> India&rsquo;s Saina Nehwal. Pic/Getty Images Saina beat Belaetrix Manuputi of Indonesia 21-12, 21-15 at the Siri Fort Sports Complex. It was Saina&rsquo;s second victory over Belaetrix.u00a0The Indian later said she was satisfied with her performance. &ldquo;It is a good start to the tournament and I am satisfied with my performance. Belaetrix is a very talented player and she plays well at the net so I was ready for her cross-court shots. She is slow on the court and I was also prepared for long rallies. My smashes were good and that helped me earn quite a lot of points,&rdquo; said the World No 2 shuttler. Saina next takes on unseeded Japanese Yui Hashimoto in the second round. The Japanese is ranked 44 in the word. u00a0&ldquo;Yui is an upcoming player from Japan. I have seen videos of her and I am prepared for her,&rdquo; Saina signed off.

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India Open's top seed Nehwal thrashes Indonesia's Belaetrix 21-12, 21-15 

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