Indian ace shuttler Saina Nehwal was knocked out of the Malaysian Open World Tour Super 750 tournament in the first round by Pornpawee Chochuwong. Nehwal won the first game 22-20 but ran out of gas as she lost the next two games 15-21 and 10-21. The Indian shuttler, who was returning to the court after a considerable amount of time, could not fend off the challenge from her Thailand counterpart.