Birmingham: Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal lost to World No.1 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the first round while Kidambi Srikanth advanced at the All England Open here on Wednesday.

Saina could not match up to the precision skills and the array of shots unleashed by Tai and bowed out of the meet going down 14-21, 18-21 in a match which lasted 38 minutes.

Third seed Srikanth, on the other hand, played brilliantly and and defeated Brice Leverdez of France 7-21, 21-14, 22-20.

After dropping a game, the Guntur player soaked up the pressure and bounced back in style to clinch the next two games.

In the women's doubles category, Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy also lost their first round match to the Japanese duo of Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi 14-21, 13-21 to crash out of the meet.

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Bidar: A man in Bhopalgad village of Kamalnagar taluk, identified as Ankush (35), allegedly murdered his wife Nirmala (32) on Wednesday morning, with the suspicion that she was having an extramarital relationship.

A case has been registered at Kamalnagar Police Station and the officers are investigating the incident.

The police have said that, following repeated fights with her husband Ankush recently, Nirmala shifted to her hometown, Belakuni village, for a few days before returning home.

On Wednesday morning, Ankush is learned to have hacked her to death using a lethal weapon, allegedly suspecting Nirmala’s fidelity, the officers added.