<div>India's Saina Nehwal fought her way into the semi-finals of the Malaysian Open Superseries badminton event, defeating Denmark's Tine Baun 21-13, 21-23, 21-13 in a last-eight match here yesterday.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="/imagedata/2012/jan/Saina-Nehwal.jpg" border="5" align="" alt="" /><br /></div><div><i><span style="font-size: 8pt; ">Saina Nehwal</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div>Saina had defeated Baun in straight games to make it to the final of the World Superseries Finals last month but the match here turned out to be a much tighter affair, lasting close to an hour.</div><div><br /></div><div>Saina maintained the lead through the first game after a tentative beginning against the sixth-ranked Baun.u00a0The Dane fought back in the second from a 10-14 deficit to earn herself two game points on 20-18. Saina took the next two points for deuce but Baun raised her play to level the match.</div><div><br /></div><div>It was neck-to-neck in the decider before Saina took a comfortable 16-10 lead.u00a0The Hyderabadi World No 4 next takes on China's Wang Yihan, who beat compatriot Xuerui Li 21-13, 21-15 in their quarter-final yesterday.u00a0</div>        

India's Saina Nehwal fought her way into the semi-finals of the Malaysian Open Superseries badminton event, defeating Denmark's Tine Baun 21-13, 21-23, 21-13 in a last-eight match here yesterday.

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