KEY POINTS:
Rachel Hindley opened her account at the badminton world championships with victory in Kuala Lumpur overnight.
Hindley advanced to the second round of the women's singles with a 22-20 21-17 win over Iceland's Ragna Ingolfsdottir.
John Moody couldn't match Chinese sixth seed Chen Yu in their men's first round match, doing down 13-21 11-21.
There was also a win and a loss in the mixed doubles.
Craig Cooper and Renee Flavell beat German pair Tim Dettmann and Annekatrin Lille 21-13 12-21 21-16, to set up a meeting with the Polish 10th seeds.
Daniel Shirley and his Malaysian partner Joanne Quay were knocked out in the first round by the 13th seed Indonesian pair.
- NZPA
