Saturday, October 20, 2012

Badminton News
At $400K Denmark Open 2012, Odense

[SF] (3) Saina Nehwal (IND,4) bt (1) Yihan Wang (CHN,1) 21-12 12-7 Retd (knee injury)

[F] (3) Saina Nehwal (IND,4) vs (6) Juliane Schenk (GER,7)

Saina scored her first win over WR #1 Yihan Wang in their 7th match ... Yihan take 5-0 lead in that Saina was making unforced errors but after that Saina won 6 points in a stretch and then after losing another point Saina again won 6 points in a row to lead 12-6 ... Saina kept that advantage through the game with her net game, half-smashes and smart game from back of the court ... Saina forced errors through Yihan from her all court game ... In the second game Saina opened 8 points lead after winning 6 points from 3-1 ... After that Yihan tried to fightback but she troubled with knee ... She retired from middle of the game awarding match to Saina.

In the final Saina is facing German Juliane Schenk ... Against whom Saina is leading 5-3 in win-loss record.

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