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At $650KK Indonesia Open 2012, Jakarta (Super Series Premier)
Singles Final
(5) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) bt (4) Xuerui Li (CHN,3) 13-21 22-20 21-19
Saina's amazing run at Indonesian super series continued ... This was her consecutive 4th final in this tournament and she won titles in 2009, 2010 and 2012.
In the first game Saina struggled with intercepting Xuerui's smashes but from the second game Xuerui made uncharacteristic errors on the service returns ... Also Xuerui was struggling to keep shuttle inside the court from backside of the court ... Luved the way Saina saved 2 match points in the second game and then winning well fought final game.
In the first game Xuerui take 4-0 lead and kept increasing to won it comfortably ... In the second game Saina matched Xuerui and opened 13-8 lead but from 18-14 lead Saina lost next 6 points and were 2 match points down ... Saina brought back her composure and saved those 2 match points ... She won 4 points in a row to won this second game ... Momentum was with her after winning the second game but Xuerui was on dream run with 30 matches winning streak ... In that she won 4 titles and was in 5th final ... In the final game both players were exchanging leads through out the game ... Saina opened 2 points lead at 16-14 which she increased to 19-16 ... Xuerui won next 2 points tto make it 18-19 ... Xuerui saved a match point at 18-20 but Saina converted the second completing memorable win in 64 minutes ... So Saina lifted this prestigious Super Series Premier title beating 2 top four Chinese girls and won $48,750 in prize money.
At $650KK Indonesia Open 2012, Jakarta (Super Series Premier)
Singles Final
(5) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) bt (4) Xuerui Li (CHN,3) 13-21 22-20 21-19
Saina's amazing run at Indonesian super series continued ... This was her consecutive 4th final in this tournament and she won titles in 2009, 2010 and 2012.
In the first game Saina struggled with intercepting Xuerui's smashes but from the second game Xuerui made uncharacteristic errors on the service returns ... Also Xuerui was struggling to keep shuttle inside the court from backside of the court ... Luved the way Saina saved 2 match points in the second game and then winning well fought final game.
In the first game Xuerui take 4-0 lead and kept increasing to won it comfortably ... In the second game Saina matched Xuerui and opened 13-8 lead but from 18-14 lead Saina lost next 6 points and were 2 match points down ... Saina brought back her composure and saved those 2 match points ... She won 4 points in a row to won this second game ... Momentum was with her after winning the second game but Xuerui was on dream run with 30 matches winning streak ... In that she won 4 titles and was in 5th final ... In the final game both players were exchanging leads through out the game ... Saina opened 2 points lead at 16-14 which she increased to 19-16 ... Xuerui won next 2 points tto make it 18-19 ... Xuerui saved a match point at 18-20 but Saina converted the second completing memorable win in 64 minutes ... So Saina lifted this prestigious Super Series Premier title beating 2 top four Chinese girls and won $48,750 in prize money.
