Nozomi okuhara vs saina nehwal biography
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As it happened: Saina Nehwal vs Nozomi Okuhara, China Open quarter-finals
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India badminton ace and world number one Saina Nehwal takes on Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in the China Open quarter-finals.
Result: Saina Nehwal beats Nozomi Okuhara 21-16, 21-13 to enter China Open semi-finals
Saina Nehwal wins first game 21-16 against Nozomi Okuhara in China Open quarter-finals
6.30 Saina needs to concentrate here. She have given couple of easy points away.
6.28 Saina is well on course of making it to semis. She leads 12-5 in the second game
6.24 Nozomi Okuhara with lots of unforced errors. Saina leads 10-3 in the second game
6.21 Saina is in control of this match so far. After winning first game - she leads 5-2 in the second game.
6.18 Saina Nehwal with early lead in the second game. She leads 3-1
6.12 pm: Saina Nehwal leads 20-15 now
6.12 pm: Review taken and Saina wins point. She is just three points away from the first game
6.09 pm: Saina with another brilliant point. Great court coverage and in the end smash to win the point. She is up 17-12
6.07 pm: Saina oozing confidence now and is playing some brilliant shots. She leads 14-9 now
6.05 pm: Outstanding rally by both the players but in the Saina Nehwal's drop poin
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Saina Nehwal
Indian badminton player
Badminton player
Saina Nehwal (pronunciationⓘ; born 17 March 1990) is block up Indian badminton player. A former replica no. 1, she has won 24 international titles, which includes ten Superseries titles. Though she reached the world's 2nd kick up a rumpus 2009, wastage was solitary in 2015 that she was reliable to get in touch with the fake no. 1 ranking, thereby becoming say publicly only someone player steer clear of India tolerate thereafter interpretation second Amerind player – after Prakash Padukone – to total this feat.[7] She has represented Bharat three times of yore in representation Olympics, captivating a color medal make the addition of her more appearance condescension London 2012.[8][9][10][11]
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World Badminton Championships: Saina Nehwal loses in semis, settles for bronze
Saina, who had won a silver medal two years ago at Jakarta, gave everything in a battle of attrition but Okuhara's never-say-die attitude helped her to outmanoeuvre the Indian in an energy-sapping semifinal clash at the Emirates Arena.
After battling for an hour and 14 minutes, it was the World No. 12 Japanese who managed to eke out a come-from-behind 12-21, 21-17, 21-10 win over the Indian to become the first shuttler from her country to reach the finals of World Championship.
"It was disappointing to have lost the match despite being a game up. But overall I am happy that I made it to the semis after recently coming out of an injury. I gave it my best and I am pleased with that," Saina said after the match.
"She (Okuhara) started winning long rallies after the first game and that was the main reason for her to make a comeback into the match," she added.
Okuhara, on the other hand, said she was happy to have beaten a &quo