Super Series Finals: Saina to face Yihan Wang in title clash
December 17th, 2011 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) Saina Nehwal defeated Denmark’s Tine Baun 21-17, 21-18 Saturday to cruise into the BWF World Superseries Finals at Liuzhou, China.
This was Saina’s fourth consecutive win in the tournament, having topped Group B en route to the elimination stage, and she seems to have found her form of old ahead of the London Olympics.
The Indian ace took just 35 minutes in disposing of the World No.5 and improved her head-to-head against the Dane, who she defeated only once in four matches.
Saina became the first Indian singles player to reach the finals of the tournament after Jwala Gutta and Valiyaveetil Diju who achieved the feat in 2009, where they were defeated by the pair of Christinna Pedersen and Joaquim Nielsen.
Nehwal will face stiff competition when she squares off against World No.1 Yihan Wang in the final of the season-ending tournament Sunday.
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- Saina in third round of World Badminton - Aug 10, 2011
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