Saina Nehwal [ Images ] got the better of Jiayuan Chen of Singapore 21-16, 21-12 to enter the second round of the women's singles in the Malaysia Open Grand Prix [ Images ] Gold, at Alor Setar, on Wednesday.

The top seeded India [ Images ]n put behind the disappointment of the shock first-round defeat at last week's India Open Super Series to set up a meeting with Japan's [ Images ] Ayane Kurihara in the second round.

She is the only Indian left in the tournament, as the rest of the six Indian men -- Parupalli Kashyap, Gurusai Datt, Ajay Jayaram, Anup Sridhar, Arvind Bhat [ Images ] and Anand Pawar -- all lost their matches.

The 12th seeded Kashyap, who defeated Malaysia's Chong Chieh Lok 22-20, 21-7 in the first round, lost to Brice Leverdez of France [ Images ] 21-17, 15-21, 18-21 in the next.

Bhat outplayed Hong Kong's Yun Lung Kuan 21-14, 21-19 before losing to Japan's Sho Sasaki 21-13, 20-22, 15-21, while Sridhar, who beat eighth seed Malaysian Choong Hann Wong 21-15, 21-15, went down to Indonesia's Sony Dwi Kuncoro 18-21, 7-21 in the second round.

Guru Sai Dutt, who made it to the quarter-finals of the India Open Super Series, posed a tough fight to Beryno Jiann Tze Wong France before going down 21-19, 21-23, 18-21.

The third seed Tien Minh Nguyen 21-10, 7-21, 16-21 defeated India's Anand Pawar and Ajay Jayram went down to ninth seed Hyun Il Lee of South Korea.