Saina beats world rank 2 Yamaguchi for 1st time in 4 years
Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal defeated world number two Akane Yamaguchi of Japan for the first time in four years to enter the women's singles quarterfinals of the Denmark Open on Thursday. Elsewhere, shuttler Sameer Verma beat Asian Games champion Jonatan Christie to reach the men's singles quarterfinals. PV Sindhu had crashed out of the tournament in the first round.