Sydney, June 28: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal stands just a win away from clinching her second title of the year after she stunned world number two and top seed Chinese Shixian Wang in a gruelling three-game semifinal contest of the USD 750,000 Star Australian Super Series here today.
Sixth-seeded Saina prevailed 21-19 16-21 21-15 in a marathon match, which lasted an hour and 16 minutes.
“Beat world number 2 wang shixian in a tough 3 game match. Through to the final of the Australian Open super series!” tweeted the Indian after recording her fifth overall win against the Chinese nemesis, which took their head-to-head record to 5-3.
Saina will now play Spanish youngster Carolina Marin, who shuttled past Japan’s Yui Hashimoto 21-17-21-16 in the other semi-final, in the title clash tomorrow.
Saina had lost to Yui 1-2 in the India Open final last year in New Delhi.(PTI)
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