2012 French Open: Saina Nehwal proceeds to Women’s Singles quarter-finals – Badminton News
Women’s Singles expert Saina Nehwal continued her unbeatable run in the Yonex French Badminton Open and cruised to the quarter-final round on October 25, 2012.
This pre quarter-final tussle took place in Paris and it prolonged to 37 minutes before ending with decisive figures of 21-16 and 21-13.
World Number three shuttler proved herself superior in all areas of the game and smacked down Sapsiree Taerattanachai with a straight-set victory.
Saina set the foundation of her supremacy by making swift progress in the beginning of first set. She did not lose focus at any stage and bagged this vital match point with a notable lead.
In first half of the set, she made her intentions clear by putting a decent total of five. She put her challenger under huge pressure by prevailing in next couple of rallies and then capitalised this psychological edge to pile up a mountainous figure of
11.
After the mid-game break, Saina lost the grip for short span of time and allowed her opponent to level the score at 13-13.
However, the Thai campaigner squandered this counter-attack opportunity and slipped down in crucial moments.
Saina Nehwal showed elevated craft in third quarter of the set and registered a significant margin of 18-13.
This deficit proved final blow for Sapsiree Taerattanachai as she surrendered after reading 16-21 score on the board.
The next segment of the showdown, which proved decider later, was completely dominated by the Indian badminton queen as she did not give the opposing shuttler even a single chance to bounce back and sent her packing.
In first half of the set, Saina laid foundation of her dominance with four uninterrupted rallies and then magnified the impact by raising her total to 8-2.
She did not show mercy at any stage of the game and placed a convincing margin of 11 at half time.
The second half of the game was completely a one-sided affair and the Indian player emerged as victor with 21-13 score.
Now Saina is going to meet either Ratchanok Intanon or Aprilla Yuswandari in the quarter-finals of this tournament.
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