Saina Nehwal enters final of Denmark Open; Kidambi Srikanth ousted
Other Sports | October 21, 2018 9:51 ISTSaina Nehwal got the better of Gregoria Mariska Tunjunng of Indonesia 21-11 21-12 in a lop-sided affair which lasted 49 minutes.
Saina Nehwal got the better of Gregoria Mariska Tunjunng of Indonesia 21-11 21-12 in a lop-sided affair which lasted 49 minutes.
In the women's doubles, Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy's spirited campaign came to an end.
This was Nehwal's second career win over Yamaguchi, who has won six times in the head-to-head encounters between the two.
Third seed Sindhu lost 17-21 21-16 18-21 to Zhang in a hard-fought opening encounter that lasted 56 minutes.
Top shuttlers including Olympic medallists PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, world champion Carolina Marin and former world no 1 Victor Axelsen will headline the players' auction.
Shraddha Kapoor had begun training under the guidance of former badminton player Pullela Gopichand.
Bollywood Latest News, Shraddha Kapoor is essaying the role of Indian badminton player Saina Nehwal in her biopic. On Saturday, she shared the first look from the movie.
The fifth-seeded Indian squandered four match points to go down 21-15, 15-21, 20-22 to the third-seeded Okuhara in a match that lasted almost an hour.
Kumar has been instrumental in helping Saina achieve World No. 1 ranking in April 2015 and win a silver at the World Championship.
The 28-year-old thrashed her South Korean opponent 21-18, 21-18 in a clash that lasted 36 minutes.
From the past few years the love affair of Saina and Kashyap has been the talk of the town and the good news will surely bring a smile on the faces of their fans.
Shraddha Kapoor said, “I’m really excited about this film. Saina is the country’s sweetheart, a champion and a youth icon.''
Saina, who had skipped the Japan Open earlier this month after winning a bronze at 18th Asian Games, will look to get over the disappointment of her first-round exit at China last week when she takes on Korean Kim Hyo Min.
Among the men, Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy will look to get over the disappointing campaigns in the World championship and the Asian Games.
Neeraj's gold and three other athletics silver medals, along with Saina Nehwal's badminton singles bronze, propelled India's overall medal count to 41.
Saina was beaten in straight games by Tai Tzu in the semifinals, setting the Taipei player up against another Indian in Olympic silver-medallist PV Sindhu in the final.
Coming into this match, Saina had lost her last nine matches against Tzu Ying, including three in the 2018 season.
Saina will next take on world no 1 Tai Tzu Ying, who knocked out Glasgow World Champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan 21-15 21-10 in the other quarterfinal.
Saina outclassed the world number 40 Indonesian 21-6 21-14 in second-round match which was little over half an hour.
After the women's team went down 1-3 to top seeds Japan earlier in the day, the men's team put up a spirited effort before losing 1-3 to hosts Indonesia.
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