Saina crashes out of Denmark Open
October 20th, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) India’s Saina Nehwal crashed out of the women’s singles second round of the Denmark Open badminton with a 19-21, 13-21 loss to Tzu Ying Tai of Chinese Taipei at Odense Thursday.
It took 36 minutes for Tzu to close the match.
However, the Indian pair of Jwala Gutta and V. Diju entered the mixed doubles quarterfinals with a 21-16, 21-19 victory over the English combine of Chris Adcock and Imogen Bankier.
They now await the winner of the second round match between third-seeded Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen of Denmark and South Koreans Baek Choel Shin and Ha Na Kim.
Saina has won only one title — Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold — this year and finished runner-up at Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold and Indonesia Open Super Series.
- All England Championships: Saina enters second round - Mar 07, 2012
- Saina, Jwala-Diju reach quarters of Korea Open (Lead) - Jan 05, 2012
- Gutta, Ponnappa in quarterfinals of China Open - Nov 24, 2011
- Chen Long, Wang Yihan win singles titles at Japan Open - Sep 25, 2011
- Saina, Jayaram in third round of world badminton (Lead) - Aug 10, 2011
- Saina, Kashyap, Sourabh advance to Thailand Open quarters - Jun 09, 2011
- Jayaram, Kashyap crash out of Swiss Open - Mar 15, 2012
- World Badminton: Saina, Jayaram advance, Kashyap out (Roundup) - Aug 11, 2011
- Saina enters second round of Swiss Open - Mar 14, 2012
- Saina in quarterfinals of World Badminton championships - Aug 12, 2011
- Saina in third round of World Badminton - Aug 10, 2011
- Saina beats World Champion to enter Malaysia Open semifinal - May 06, 2011
- Super Series Finals: Saina to face Yihan Wang in title clash - Dec 17, 2011
- Jwala-Diju in Super Series Masters finals, Saina loses in semis - Dec 05, 2009
- Saina loses to Jiang Yanjiao in Korea Open quarters - Jan 06, 2012
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