Wednesday, September 20 2006 11:27 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Madrid: India's Saina Nehwal loses to Jiang Yanjiao of China 10-21, 16-21 in the women's first round of the World Badminton Championships.

The Indian teen sensation, who shot into limelight by winning the Malaysian Open, Monday (18 Sep, 2006) proves no match for the higher ranked Chinese and goes down tamely.

In the men's first round, Chetan Anand of India gives a tough fight to Lee Hyun Li of South Korea before going down by 18-21, 21-18 and 10-21.

Losing the first set, world No. 25 Chetan comes back strongly to pocket the second set but fails to give a tough fight in the third set.