Sydney: India's top shuttler Saina Nehwal came out with her A-level game on Saturday to defeat Chinese top seed Shixian Wang and make her first Super Series final in 20 months at the USD 750,000 Australian Open here.


Saina Nehwal 

World No 2 Shixian fought extremely hard but had to relent to the continuous pressure from India's sixth seed. In the end, the scoreline read 21-19, 16-21, 21-15 in favour of the Hyderabadi, who won the marathon women's singles semi-final in one hour and 16 minutes at the States Sports Centre.