Saina retains Swiss Open crown

[mhr123]

Hey come on... we need to remember her also .. she has again brought us back the Swiss Open crown. :isalute:

Saina Nehwal [ Images ] won her first title of the season when she retained the Swiss Open Grand Prix [ Images ] Gold trophy with a straight-game victory over China's Shixian Wang in the summit clash at Basel, Switzerland [ Images ]. Saina NehwalThe World No. 5 Indian defeated Shixian, ranked third, 21-19, 21-16 in a 48-minute thrilling women's singles competition to defend her title. Saina made a whirlwind start to the final, zooming to a healthy 11-3 lead in the first game. Shixian reeled off four straight points and slowly made her way to level the score at 17-all but the Indian made sure she had nose ahead in the end. In the second game, Saina had an early 3-0 lead allowed the Chinese to claw her way back to 11-8 at the break. After the breather, the Indian gathered herself and caught up with Shixian at 13-13 and then registered four straight points from 15-all to eventually seal it comfortably. The girl from Hyderabad, who turned 22 on Saturday, had beaten Japan's [ Images ] Minatsu Mitani in the semifinals on Saturday night. The Indian ace had registered a 21-16, 21-18 triumph over Mitani in 35 minutes to set up a summit clash with second seed Shixian. The Chinese beat eighth seed Inthanon Ratchanok of Thailand 21-17, 21-15 in another women's singles match. In the semifinal match, Saina didn't allow the Japanese to come close to her as she opened up a 3-0 lead and kept extending it to pocket the first game. In the second game, Mitani showed some aggression and led 7-3, but Saina caught up with her and then moved ahead to seal the match. Saina had reached the quarterfinal of the All England [ Images ] Championship earlier this month. She reached the semifinals at the Malaysia Open and the quarterfinal in the Korea Open in January this year.

[Texy]

Superb Saina!!! :isalute: we were too busy celebrating India/Pak when her achievement went totally unnoticed