India's star shuttler Saina Nehwal effected a stunning straight-set win over World No 3 Xin Wang of China in the last Group B match of the BWF World Superseries Finals at Liuzhou in China yesterday.
India's star shuttler Saina Nehwal effected a stunning straight-set win over World No 3 Xin Wang of China in the last Group B match of the BWF World Superseries Finals at Liuzhou in China yesterday.
India's Saina Nehwal returns to China's Xin Wang during their BWFu00a0
World Superseries Finals Group B match in Liuzhou, China yesterday.u00a0
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World No 4 Nehwal, who has already qualified for the last four stage of the competition, beat Xin 21-17, 22-20 in a keenly contested encounter that lasted 39 minutes. The Hyderabadi next takes on She will take on Denmark's Tine Baun in the semi-final today.
With this win, Nehwal bettered her record against Xin, having beaten her twice this year even though the Chinese has defeated the Indian four times overall.u00a0
Nehwal is just a u00a0step away u00a0from setting yet another record in the world of Indian badminton. A win today will make her the first Indian Indian singles player to reach the summit clash of the BWF World Superseries Finals.u00a0
Mixed doubles stars Jwala Gutta and V Diju are the only other Indians to have achieved the feat. They lost in the 2009 final to Christinna Pedersen and Joaquim Nielsen.u00a0
