Jakarta, Aug 14:
India ace Saina Nehwal today etched her name in the history book by assuring herself of at least a bronze medal after reaching the semifinals of the World Badminton C’ship here today.
The World No. 2 Indian showed tremendous athleticism and precision to outwit 2011 edition gold medallist and former World No. 1 Wang Yihan 21-15 19-21 21-19 in an hour and 12 minutes gruelling battle here.
The Olympic bronze medallist will next take on Indonesia’s Lindaweni Fanetri, against whom Saina has a 2-1 record.
With this win, Saina broke her jinx of reaching the semifinals in her last five outings and became the second Indian female singles shuttler to assure of a medal after P V Sindhu, who had won the bronze twice in 2013 and 2014.
This will be Saina’s maiden medal at the World C’ship. (PTI)
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