Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Badminton News
At BWF Superseries Finals 2012, ShenZhen, China

Group B
Saina Nehwal (IND,3) l Tine Baun (DEN,6) 14-21 21-11 19-21

Superseries Finals begin in China ... Saina is runner-up from the last edition but started badly in group stage ... In the first match she lost against Danish veteran Tine Baun in three games in 51 minutes ... After losing the first game Saina fought back and won the second game easily ... In the decider Tine take 6-2 early lead and after that Saina was trying to catch her ... One time Saina managed to reduce lead to one point,13-14, from 9-14 down ... But again Tine won next 4 points and take 18-13 lead ... From 17-20 Saina saved 2 match points but Tine converted third match point.

Saina needs to win her next two matches against WR #4 Juliane Schenk and WR #9 Ratchanok Intanon to qualify for the semis.

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