Saina loses opening round of Super Series Masters Final
December 2nd, 2009 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANSJohar Bahru, Dec 2 (IANS) India’s Saina Nehwal lost her opening round match to Malaysian Mew Choo Wong at the World Super series Masters Final badminton here Wednesday.
Saina, who has got the top billing in the tournament after the pull out by top players, went down 13-21, 21-13, 14-21 in a tough Group A encounter.
Saina will now have to win both her Group matches against Porntip Buranaprasertsuk of Thailand and Canadian Charmaine Reid to make it to the semifinal.
India’s mixed doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and V. Diju also went down to England’s Anthony Clark and Donna Kellogg 15-21, 16-21 in 27 minutes.
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- Jwala-Diju in Super Series Masters finals, Saina loses in semis - Dec 05, 2009
- CWG badminton: Saina clinches gold after thrilling win - Oct 14, 2010
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- All England Championships: Saina enters second round - Mar 07, 2012
- Jayaram, Gurusaidutt, Saina in Hong Kong Open quarterfinals - Nov 17, 2011
- Saina, Kashyap give India reasons to smile (Lead) - Apr 14, 2010
- Saina, Kashyap shine on a gloomy day for India at Badminton Asian (Roundup) - Apr 15, 2010
- Jayaram, Kashyap crash out of Swiss Open - Mar 15, 2012
- China Masters: Saina, Jwala-Diju in quarters - Sep 15, 2011
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