The world No. 5 Indian beat Xuerui Li of China 13-21, 22-20, 21-19 in the summit clash on Sunday. ...
09:00 PM, Jun 17, 2012
Jakarta: India's Saina Nehwal edged out Chinese Shixian Wang after a marathon match to enter the women's singles semi-finals at the Indonesia Open Super Series Premier badminton event here on Friday. Compatriot Parupalli Kashyap also reached the last four of the men's singles defeating higher-ranked Hans-Kristian Vittinghus. Saina, who could have sealed the quarter-final in straight games after having three match points in the second game, held her nerve to...
08:28 PM, Jun 15, 2012
Jakarta: Defending champion Saina Nehwal inched closer to a third successive Indonesian Open Super Series badminton title after advancing to the finals with a three-game triumph over Chinese Taipei's Shao Chieh Cheng here on Saturday. The fourth-seeded Indian won 21-14 14-21 21-17 in a 45-minute battle against giant-killer Cheng, who had created quite a flutter by upstaging top seed Shixian Wang and seventh seed Xin Liu earlier in the tournament....
02:21 PM, Jun 25, 2011
Jakarta: Defending champion Saina Nehwal advanced to the quarterfinals of the Indonesian Open Super Series after registering a straight-game victory over Petya Nedelcheva in the second round here on Thursday. Fourth Seed Saina took just 31 minutes to dispose off Petya 21-18 21-9 and will take on the winner of eighth seed Tine Baun and Japan's Ayane Kurihara in the quarterfinal on Friday. In the first game, Saina opened up...
02:51 PM, Jun 23, 2011
Jakarta: Defending champion Saina Nehwal was off to a flying start at the Indonesian Open Super Series, beating Bulgaria's Linda Zecheri in straight games in her opening match here on Wednesday. The fourth seeded Saina took just 29 minutes to get past the unseeded Zechiri 21-12 21-10 in a lopsided contest here. Saina will next face another unseeded Bulgarian in Petya Nedelcheva, who rallied to defeat Ukraine's Larisa Griga 17-21...
01:37 PM, Jun 22, 2011
The top seeded world number three defeated her unseeded but resolute rival Sayaka Sato 21-19, 13-21, 21-11. ...
01:41 PM, Jun 27, 2010
The top seeded Indian outplayed her fourth seeded rival from Japan Eriko Hirose 21-9, 21-10. ...
04:48 PM, Jun 26, 2010
