SaarLorLux Open: Saina Nehwal pulls out, Rohan-Sanjana lose in mixed doubles

Rohan and Sanjana put up stiff resistance before losing 19-21 21-13 14-21 to Adam and Lambert in a 51-minute opening round match here.

Saarbrucken: Star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal, who had reached the quarterfinals at French Open last week, has withdrawn from the SaarLorLux Open, whereas mixed doubles pair of Rohan Kapoor and Sanjana Santosh lost to Eloi Adam and Margot Lambert in the opening round on Tuesday.

Saina is likely to play at the China Open next month.

Rohan-Sanjana

Rohan and Sanjana put up stiff resistance before losing 19-21 21-13 14-21 to Adam and Lambert in a 51-minute opening round match here.

Later in the day, Kiran George will take on China's Liu Hai Chao, while BM Rahul Bharadwaj faces Belgium's Rowan Scheurkogel.

Lakshya Sen and Mithun Manjunath received byes in the opening round.