Badminton News
At BWF World Super Series Masters Finals 2009, Malaysia

Womens Singles Semi Finals
Saina Nehwal (IND,8) l Juliane Schenk (GER,9) 18-21 18-21

Mixed Doubles Semi Finals
V Diju (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Robert Mateusiak (POL)/ Nadiezda Kostiuczyk (POL) 21-19 21-11

In Final,
V Diju (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Joachim Fischer Nielsen (DEN)/ Christinna Pedersen (DEN)

Diju and Jwala created history becoming first Indian pair to reached final at World Super Series Masters beating Polish team ... In first game Diju and Jwala take lead winning 5 points from 2-3 and they managed to kept lead most of the game ... But Polish pair caught them at 19-all still Diju and Jwala kept their cool and win next 2 points to grab first game ... Second game was total different story, our pair won first 7 points to take huge early lead ... From their Polish pair were never in this game, nearest they came to 4 points difference ... Diju and Jwala ended in style to won 6 points on a row from 15-11 to win match in 30 mins ... In the final they will face top-seed Danish pair.

Schenk taken early lead in first game Saina won 3 points on a row to make it 6-all but Schenk won 5 points on row from 8-all to open lead ... Saina tried to reduce margin but Schenk kept required lead to grab first game ... Second game was also repeat of first game where Schenk opened early lead and Saina made it 7-all winning 3 points on a row but from here Schenk opened up a lead and maintained that until winning match in 41 mins ... So Saina lost big opportunity of winning this tournament but at least she managed to repeat her last year performance.