Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu scored easy victories on the opening day of the badminton competition at the Rio Olympics on Friday.
The London Olympics bronze medallist beat world No. 73 Brazilian Vicente Lohaynny 21-17, 21-17 in 39 minutes, while Sindhu, a two-time World Championships bronze winner, had things her way against Laura Sarosi of Hungary, winning 21-8, 21-9 in 27 minutes.
Saina will take on world No. 61 Maria Ulitina of Ukraine next in a Group G match on August 14, while Sindhu will play Glasgow Commonwealth Games champion Li Michelle of Canada the same day in Group M.
The 26-year-old Saina needed 20 minutes to win the opening game an
Sindhu hardly broke a sweat against the Hungarian, winning the first game in 13 minutes and the second in 14.
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