Saina Nehwal vs Chia Hsin Lee Livescore and Commentary India Open First Round

Rio Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu's match will begin shortly. Follow our live updates of that match here:

That was a very strong performance from the former champion. Quite a statement that was!!

SAINA NEHWAL WINS 21-10, 21-17

Lee saves a THIRD match point to make it 17-20.

Some gutsy play from Lee to save yet another match point

Lee saves one.

SIX match points for Saina now at 20-14

She is up 19-12 now. Just TWO points away from victory!!!!!

Saina is racing towards the finish line now. Up 16-10

It is 14-10 now for the sixth seed.

Nehwal still maintains her advantage. Up at 12-10 now

Champions know when to raise their level! At half-time, it is Saina who leads 11-9.

And just like earlier, Nehwal FIGHTS BACK!!! It is 9-9 now.

But Lee is undeterred. She still has a tiny lead of 9-7

And the champion is BACK! Saina levels at 7-7

Lee is still ahead 7-4

Saina stops her march and makes 3-6

It is 6-2 for the World No. 39

Lee now leads 5-2

This time, she doesn't give it up. Lee has raced away to 4-1.

Second game

Once more, the Taipei shuttler has the early lead, albeit a slight one. She is up 2-1.

And Saina wraps up the first game 21-10. Looking very strong.

Saina has a host of game points at 20-10.

The former champion is close to wrapping up the opener now. Up at 18-9

It is 16-9 now for the home hope

It is a seven-point lead for the former World No. 1 at 15-8.

Saina is still very much in control and is cruising at 13-7.

At the break, Saina has an 11-7 advantage.

The rallies are getting longer now. Saina still has the edge at 10-6

Lee takes a couple of points here to cut down Saina's big lead to just three points. Saina still leads at 8-5

It is all Saina now. The former champion jumps to 7-2 now

And she is asserting herself here. Saina is now up 5-2.

It is 3-2 for Saina now.

Saina levels it at 2-2 quickly.

Lee takes a 2-1 lead now.

We are under way! The two players are locked at 1-1.

The match is about to start now.

The match is scheduled to begin at 4.20pm IST.

Good afternoon and welcome to the Sportskeeda liveblog of the India Open Superseries first round match of Saina Nehwal. The two-time champion is seeded sixth this time. Still recovering from her knee surgery, the former World No. 1 has a comfortable opener as she faces the World No. 39 Chia Hsin Lee of Chinese Taipei for a place in the second round.

This is their first meeting.