Hyderabad, Aug 12 - Veteran Indonesian Taufik Hidayat, who won the Indian Open here in March, is enjoying his time at the World Badminton Championships.

The Athens Olympics champion, who is known to be temperamental, says he loves the crowd here.

'I get good crowd support here and I am enjoying my time. Last time I won the Indian Open, so it is a hapenning place for me,' said Taufiq, who beat France's Mathieu Lo Ying Ping to reach the third round Wednesday.

Taufiq is also happy to be in the lower half of the draw as the top half is loaded with seeded players.

'I am lucky that way. The lower half is easy and I am taking one match at a time,' he maintained.

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Vociferous support for Saina

The crowd presence at the Gachibowli Stadium may not be high in numbers, but their vocal chords make up for the shortfall.

The attendance at the stadium Wednesday was by far the best when local girl and World No.