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Saina Nehwal wins second Super Series title

Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal put behind a nervy start to clinch the second Super Series title of her career by winning the Singapore Open with a straight-game triumph over qualifier Tzu Ying Tai in the finals on Sunday. Top seed Saina took just 33 minutes to beat Chinese Taipei’s Tai 21-18, 21-15 at the [...]

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Saina crashes out of Asian Badminton Championship

Top seed Saina Nehwal crashed out of the Asian Badminton Championship after losing her semifinal match against Chinese qualifier Xuerui Li, bringing down the curtains on the Indian challenge at the event on Saturday. The World number six Indian lost 17-21, 11-21 against Xuerui in a 31-minute match at the Siri Fort complex. Xuerui will [...]

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Saina enters Malaysian Open quarters

Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal continued her dream run and reached the quarter-finals of the Malaysian Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament with a gruelling three-game win over Intanon Ratchanok of Thailand on Thursday. Second seed Saina rallied to outlast Intanon 18-21, 21-12, 21-18 in a 46-minute clash to set up a quarter-final with Chinese [...]

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Saina Nehwal wins Indonesian Open

Ace woman shuttler Saina Nehwal on Sunday scripted history by becoming the first Indian to win a Super Series tournament after she clinched the Indonesian Open title with a stunning victory over higher ranked Chinese Lin Wang in Jakarta. Saina clinched her maiden Super Series title beating Wang 12-21, 21-18, 21-9 in an edge-of-the-seat thriller [...]

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Saina Nehwal loses in Malaysia quarters

Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal played her heart out but eventually ran out of steam as French Hongyan Pi beat her in a gruelling quarterfinal encounter of the Malaysian Super Series on Friday. The World number 10 Indian went down 17-21 26-24 16-21 to Pi, whom she had beaten in the World Super Series last [...]

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Saina advances in Malaysian Super Series

Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal started her season on a winning note, dispatching little known German Nicole Grether in straight games to enter the second round of Malaysian Super Series badminton tournament here on Wednesday. World number 10 Saina took just 26 minutes to sent Nicole packing 21-15, 21-8 in the first round to set [...]

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Saina loses in World Super Series Semis

Saina Nehwal played her heart out but lost to world number six Chen Wang of Hong Kong in an edge-of-the-seat semifinal of the World Super Series Masters Final here on Saturday. The world number 10 Indian used every trick from her arsenal but failed to match the experience of her third seed Hong Kong opponent [...]

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Saina declared ‘most promising player’

Saina Nehwal’s good performance in the year 2008 has been recognised by the World Badminton Federation as the world body declared her the ‘most promising player of the year’ in its council meeting in Seoul. She was elected out of three players proposed by the world body ahead of one Korean and one from Pan [...]

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Saina will be world number one: Gopichand

Saina Nehwal has the potential to be the numero uno women shuttler but the prodigal talent urgently needs a travelling physio to retain her fitness, feels national coach Pullela Gopichand. Beijing Olympics quarter-finalist, Saina, sneaked into the elite zone of top 10 players on Thursday and immediately set herself a new target of breaking into [...]

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Saina, Arvind move into Honk Kong Quarters

Saina Nehwal and Arvind Bhatt continued their fine form to storm into the quaterfinals even as compatriot Chetan Anand fell by the wayside in the Hong Kong Super Series badminton tournament on Thursday. Saina quelled Korean Youn Joo Bae’s challenge 21-15, 12-21, 21-13 in 49 minutes in the women’s singles second round match to set [...]

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Saina crashes out of China Open

Ace Indian shuttlers Chetan Anand and Saina Nehwal crashed out of the China Open Super Series after losing their first round matches in the men’s and women’s singles respectively in Guangzhou on Wednesday. Saina, who won two Grand Prix titles this year besides making it to the quarterfinals of the Beijing Olympics, gave a tough [...]

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Saina wins World Jr. Championship

Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal on Sunday became the first Indian to clinch the World Junior badminton Championship with a straight-game win over Japanese rival Sayaka Sato in the final. Top seed Saina got the better of her ninth seeded Japanese rival Sayaka Sato 21-9, 21-18 in a lopsided match that lasted just 25 minutes. “It [...]

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Saina in World Jr Badminton final

Top seed Saina Nehwal stormed into the final of the girls singles event of the World Junior badminton championship, even as compatriot RMV Gurusaidutt crashed out in the semi-finals in the boys category on Saturday. Saina had no problems in quelling the challenge of third seed Shixian Wang and took just 37 minutes to sent [...]

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I am not under pressure: Saina

India’s best bet for a gold medal at the upcoming Commonwealth Youth Games, teen shuttler Saina Nehwal on Friday said she would carry forward her recent good form to win laurels for the country. “I am really looking forward to this meet and have been preparing hard. I’ve had some good outing recently after Beijing. [...]

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Saina in China Masters semis

Saina Nehwal continued her rampaging form and staved off the challenge of third seed Lin Zhu of China to cruise into the semifinals of the Chinese Masters Super Series at Changzhou in China on Friday. The national champion overcame a second game lapse to beat Zhu 21-16 21-23 21-18 in a fiercely contested match, which [...]

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“Saina can break into top 10″

Saina Nehwal is up to No. 12 in the world rankings and the dream of an Indian lady shuttler breaking into the top 10 is within striking distance. “Definitely possible,” former national champion Madhumita Bist says. “It will be difficult no doubt, but it is something that Saina can achieve.” Saina’s coach Pullela Gopi Chand [...]

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Saina knocked out of Japan Super Series

After the high of last week’s Chinese Taipei Open triumph, ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal hit a low as she crashed out of the Japan Super series Badminton tournament with a straight-game defeat in the first round in Tokyo on Wednesday. The Beijing Olympics quarterfinalist lost 18-21, 16-21 to seventh seed Hong Kong’s Mi Zhou [...]

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Saina wins Yonnex Open title

Ace Indian woman shuttler Saina Nehwal on Sunday won the Yonex Chinese Taipei Open defeating unseeded Li Ya Lydia Cheah of Malaysia 21-8 21-19. Earlier in the semi-final, Saina defeated Pia Zehadiah Bernadet of Indonesia in a one-sided match on Saturday. Saina became the only Indian woman to reach two GP finals by registering a [...]

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Saina in Yonnex Open semi-finals

Saina Nehwal stormed into the semifinal of the Yonex Open Chinese Taipei badminton tournament after battling past Porntip Buranaprasertsuk of Thailand Friday. Saina, seeded second, got the better of Buranaprasertsuk 21-19, 18-21, 21-16 in a thrilling quarterfinal. The world no.14 Indian will now face Indonesian Pia Zebadiah Bernadet in the semifinal. Bernadet beat Saina’s Olympic [...]

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Saina in Yonnex Quarters

Saina Nehwal has entered the quarterfinal of Yonex Chinese Taipei Open badminton after easing past Hong Kong’s Kwan Yi Mong 21-8, 21-12 Thursday. Second seed Saina will now face Porntip Buranaprasertsuk of Thailand, who battled past local challenger Shih Han Huang 20-22, 21-12, 23-21. Saina earlier beat Mingtian Fu of Singapore 21-19 21-19 in the [...]

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