Barcelona Spain Masters: Saina and Sameer Verma progress into quarters, Kidambi Srikanth crash out
It was a mixed day for Indian shuttlers as Saina Nehwal and Sameer Verma moved into the quarterfinals of the Super 300 Spain Masters played at Barcelona on Thursday. In all India second round match, Kidambi Srikanth lost to Ajay Jayaram in two straight sets by 6-21, 17-21 to be knocked out. Srikanth could not match and struggled right from word go and made lot of mistakes in the first game losing it by 6-21. In the second game, Srikanth fared much better but Jayaram showed his composure to win the match at 21-17. Ajay Jayaram will face T Rouxel of France in the quarterfinals. It is a massive dent for Srikanth chances to qualify for the Olympics. Saina Nehwal had no problems of defeating Ukraine M Ulitina in two straight sets by 21-10, 21-19 to move into the quarterfinals. The Indian played with aggression and never allowed her opponent a chance in the first game. In the second game, Ukraine opponent gave a stiff fight, but Saina held her nerves to win 2 nd game at 21-19. She ...