Saina breaks jinx; beats China's Yihan to advance to Aus Open finals

June 11, 2016 12:11

Saina Nehwal advance to the Australian Open finals, defeats Wang Yihan 21-8, 21-12

Yihan, 28, had turned out to be one of Saina's greatest nemesis in recent times.

In a total of 15 meetings, the Chinese, ranked #2 by the Badminton World Federation, had a total of 11 wins against the Indian shuttler.

Saina's previous win over Yihan came way back in 2012 at the Denmark Open; Yihan had retired from the match midway owing to an injury. In their next six meetings after that encounter, Saina, currently ranked #8 by the BWF, could never really overcome the Chinese shuttler.

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