Badminton News
At $200K Wilson Swiss Super Series 2009, Basel

[QF] Saina Nehwal (IND,9) l (3) Lan Lu (CHN,3) 21-18 8-21 17-21

Lan Lu started well taking early lead but Saina kept fighting and made it 9-all ... Again Lan Lu take 16-13 lead but again Saina fought back to 16-all ... And then from 17-all she first-time in the game take lead and won first game ... In second game Lan Lu started strongly taking 0-5 1-7 2-10 4-14 lead to won seecond game 8-21 ... In this game Saina had lot many unforced errors ... Third game started well as both players trying their best, Saina played lot control game than previous game and take early lead 9-6 but Lu fought back to 9-8 ... They changed side when Saina leading 11-8 ... Then Saina runaway to 14-9 lead but again Lu fought back to make it 14-12 ... Thei cat and mouse game continued after Saina taking 17-13 lead Lu crawled back to 17-all and then winning match with consecutive 8 points ... Very hearbreaking loss after leading by 4 points in third game in crucial stage ... Saina missed to score historic win against Chinese top shuttler in this 53 minutes match.

On 12th March 2009 updated list Saina is ranked WR No. 9, her personal best till now.
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Squash News
At $8K NSC Series #3 2009, Kuala Lumpur

[R1] (7) Joshna Chinappa (IND,35) bt Joelle King (NZL,44) 12-10 5-11 11-8 2-11 11-5 (33m)
[R1] Dipika Pallikal (IND,49) l (3) Donna Urquhart (AUS,28) 3-11 11-7 11-3 4-11 7-11 (44m)

[QF] (7) Joshna Chinappa (IND,35) bt (3) Donna Urquhart (AUS,28) 5-11 12-10 10-12 11-8 11-6 (30m)

[SF] (7) Joshna Chinappa (IND,35) l (1) Lauren Briggs (ENG,20) 9-11 10-12 2-11 (33m)

Dipika's fought valiantly against top-30 player but lost in close 5 games.

Though Joshna struggled to 5 games in winning first match but she again upset higher seeded opponent in quarters, who defeated Dipika in first round ... She gave her best in first 2 games against top-seed before losing in semis.