London: Saina Nehwal brought some respite to the high profile Indian badminton contingent which have its mixed doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and V Diju on the brink of elimination with a straight games victory over Sabrina Jacquet of Switzerland 21-9, 21-4 in her first match of the event.
The world number 5 Saina, a strong medal prospect for the country started her campaign as expected and dominated the Swiss for her straight games 21-9, 21-4 victory at the Wembley Arena. In a match that lasted just 24 minutes, Saina was seen in a punishing mood did not allow Sabrina any room to breathe.
The 22-year-old Indian took 12 minutes to wrap up the first game, while it took another 10 minutes for her seal the issue in her favor.
Sabrina was more of a bystander in the match and could not pose any threat to the Indian.
Meanwhile earlier in the day, Indian mixed doubles campaign is almost virtually over as the pair of Jwala Gutta and V Diju crashed to their second consecutive defeat.
They succumbed to a succumbed to a 12-21 16-21 defeat to the 2009 World Championships winning pair of Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl from Denmark.
