Saina's husband knocked out as well

Earlier in the day, men's shuttler Parupalli Kashyap was knocked out by World No. 1 Kento Momota in his opening match.

“I’m in good shape but I could not figure out how to play him, at least at the start, and the beginning of the second game. I could play well in patches and push him to a stage where he got a bit nervous. He has a lot of wins with him so he’s confident. I can take some positives from the second game. It’s his first match and he was very good today for a first round, and he made very few errors,” Kashyap said after the match.