Sydney, May 28:
Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal notched up a hard-fought three-game win over China’s Sun Yu to emerge as the lone Indian survivor in Australian Open Super Series badminton tournament, here today.
World No. 1 Saina continued her rampaging run in world badminton and staved off a challenge from Sun, ranked 9th, 21-19 19-21 21-14 in a match that lasted an hour and 18 minutes in the women’s singles competition.
The Olympic bronze medallist will take on two-time All England champion Shixian Wang in the quarterfinals. Against Wang, Saina has a close 6-5 record in 11 meetings.
However, it was curtains for World No. 4 Kidambi Srikanth and 2010 Commonwealth Games champion pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa today.(PTI)
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