Badminton News
At Yonex BWF World Championships 2010, Paris, France

[QF] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,2) l (6) Shixian Wang (CHN,4) 8-21 14-21

[QF] (9) Diju V (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) l (12) Sung Hyun Ko (KOR)/ Jung Eun Ha (KOR) 16-21 19-21

Diju and Jwala lost in straight games against Koreans ... They defeated same Korean opponents at Singapore Super Series but failed to repeat that performance here ... In latest MXD world ranking Koreans r #7th ranked and our pair is #12 though this week Indian pair was higher seeds than Koreans.

Shixian didn't give any chance to Saina ... In first game after 6-all she won next 8 points and that almost finished Saina's challenge in the match ... Shixian played excellent attacking game without giving Saina any chance of counter-attacking ... She outplayed Saina to scored convincing win in 34 mins.