Copenhagen, Aug 28:
Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu came back from a game down to win their respective women’s singles matches as they entered the quarterfinals of the World Badminton Championships, here today.
Sindhu, 19, held her nerves in the last six match points to upset World No.5 Yeon Ju Bae of South Korea 19-21 22-20 25-23 in 1 hour and 16 minutes at the Ballerup Super Arena.
The 11th-seeded Hyderabadi will now take on World No.2 Shixian Wang of China, who eased past Thi Trang Vu of Vietnam 21-12 21-7 in the pre-quarterfinals match.
Earlier Olympic bronze medallist Nehwal fought her way back from a game down to register a 14-21 21-18 21-12 victory over Sayaka Takahashi of Japan. (PTI)
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