Sydney: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal stands just a win away from clinching her second title of the year after she stunned world number two and top seed Chinese Shixian Wang in a gruelling three-game semifinal contest of the USD 750,000 Star Australian Super Series here today.

Sixth-seeded Saina prevailed 21-19 16-21 21-15 in a marathon match, which lasted an hour and 16 minutes. "Beat world number 2 wang shixian in a tough 3 game match. Through to the final of the Australian Open super series!" tweeted the Indian after recording her fifth overall win against the Chinese nemesis, which took their head-to-head record to 5-3. Saina, who had ended up on the losing side in their previous two encounters -- the most recent being the All England Championships, showed tremendous grit to outsmart the top-seeded Wang.