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Patna : Reigning World Champion P V Sindhu and World No 11 Saina Nehwal, both India, entered the 2nd round of Perodua Malaysia Masters, an HSBC BWF World Tour 500 event, at Kualalumpur, Malaysia, on January 8, 2020. World No 4 Nozomi Okuhara, Japan, and World No 7 He Bing Jiao, China, also advanced to the 2nd round.
World No 6 P V Sindhu, the 6th seed, beat World No 27 Evgeniya Kosetskaya, Russia, in straight games 21-15, 21-13 in 35 minutes at Axiata Arena,Kualalumpur, in the first round. Sindhu won 42 rallies in the match to 28 by Kosetskaya. Sindhu won 11 consecutive points in the match to 5 by the Russian. Sindhu now leads Kosetskaya 2-0 Head to Head.
Saina Nehwal beat World No 45 Lianne Tan, Belgium, 21-15, 21-17 in 36 minutes in first round. Saina won 42 rallies in the match to 32 by Tan. She won 5 consecutive points to 6 Tan. Saina now leads Tan 2-0 Head to Head.
Third seed Nozomi Okuhara, the 2017 World Champion, beat World No 46 Yip Pui Yin, Hong Kong, in a three-game thriller 21-16, 21-23, 21-13 in 69 minutes in first round. Okuhara won 63 rallies in the match to 52 by Yin. Both the players won 6 consecutive points each in the match. Okuhara now leads Yin 5-1 Head to Head.
World No 7 He Bing Jiaro, China, beat World No 18 Kim Ga Eun, South Korea, in a tough three-game contest 13-21, 21-11, 21-14 in 56 minutes in first round. Bing Jiao, the 7th seed, won 55 rallies in the match to 46 by Eun. She won 7 consecutive points to 4 by the South Korean. The two players are now locked 1-1 Head to Head.