Top seed Saina Nehwal beat Welsh RVBA's Sarah Thomas in the singles category at the badminton event of the Commonwealth Games on Sunday.
World number three Saina won 21-5 21-9 to reach closer to her first Commonwealth games gold, while Melbourne bronze medalist Chetan Anand beat Nigerian Ola Fagbemi 21-12 21-6 in 21 minutes to stay on course of bettering his record at the sporting extravaganza.

Great experience for Sarah Thomas in her first Commonwealth Games.