Saina becomes first Indian to enter world super series final

Thursday, December 29, 2011, 20:41 [IST]

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Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal became the first Indian singles player ever to reach the BWF World Super Series Finals after beating world number five Tine Baun of the Denmark in the semi-final of the tournament played in Liuzhou, China on Dec 18, 2011.

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Big blow for Saina; loses in World Super Series final

Sunday, December 18, 2011,14:42 [IST]

Beijing, Dec 18: Badminton champion Saina Nehwal lost the women’s singles final of the BWF Super Series badminton championship against World Number 1 Wan Yihan by 21-18, 13-21, 13-21 on Sunday, Dec 18 in Liuzhou, China. World number four and first Indian singles player to reach the summit clash of BWF Super Series Finals, Nehwal made a good start in the first set but Yihan started dominating from second set and won the two consecutive sets by 13-21 and 13-21. Meanwhile, with this win.....

BWF Super Series:Saina Nehwal Ist Indian to reach the finals

Sunday, December 18, 2011,9:17 [IST]

New Delhi, Dec 18 : Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal created history by becoming the first Indian singles player to reach the summit clash of the BWF Super Series Finals after defeating Tine Baun of Denmark in the semifinals at Liuzhou in China.World number four Saina beat number five Baun 21-17 21-18 in 34 minutes to set up a summit clash tomorrow against China's world number one Yihan Wang who defeated compatriot and world number three Xin Wang in the other semifinal.Jwala Gutta and.....

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Saina ousted, India's challenge ends in Japan Open badminton

Saturday, September 24, 2011,11:45 [IST]

New Delhi, Sep 24: Saina Nehwal was stunned by Germany's Juliane Schenk in the women's singles semifinals as India's campaign came to an end in the Japan Open Super Series badminton tournament in Tokyo today (Sept 24).

Fourth seeded Saina lost 19-21 10-21 to her eighth-seeded rival in a contest lasting 39 minutes. In the closely-fought first game, Saina and Schenk went neck and neck all through but at 19-19, the German nosed ahead to go one up on her more fancied.....

Saina sails to quarters of Japan Open, others disappoint

Thursday, September 22, 2011,18:15 [IST]

New Delhi, Sep 22: Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal emerged as the lone survivor for India at the Japan Open, defeating Mingtian Fu of Singapore in straight-games to reach the quarterfinals of the women's singles competition at Tokyo today (Sept 22).

Fourth seed Saina took 33 minutes to beat Mingtian 21-17 21-16. She will take on Juan GU of Singapore on Friday.

Commonwealth Games bronze medallist P Kashyap played his heart out before going down 15-21 21-6 18-21 to sixth.....