Friday, December 16, 2011

Badminton News
At $500K Li Ning BWF World Superseries Finals 2011, Liu Zhou, China

Group B
Saina Nehwal (IND,4) bt Xin Wang (CHN,3) 21-17 22-20
Sayaka Sato (JPN,15) bt Youn Joo Bae (KOR,9) 18-21 21-17 21-15

Semi Finals
Saina Nehwal (IND,4) vs Tine Baun (DEN,5)
Yihan Wang (CHN,1) vs Xin Wang (CHN,3)

Saina started with winning the first game ... In the second game Saina take early couple of points lead which she maintained until 19-16 but Wang won next 4 points to lead 20-19 ... Saina saved a game point and won next 2 points to complete straight games victory over Wang in 39 minutes ... With this win Saina topped the Group B and will face Tine in the semis.

Big moral boosting win for Saina against WR #3 Wang .. Also one non-Chinese finalist is assured, hopefully Saina ... :-)

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