London Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal on Saturday scripted history by reaching the finals of the prestigious All England Badminton Championship with a straight-game victory over Sun Yu of China in the women's singles competition in Birmingham. The World No. 3 Indian, who reached the semifinals of the event in 2010 and 2013, defeated the unseeded Sun, 21-13, 21-13 in a match that lasted for 50 minutes at the Barclay card Arena. Saina is now just one step away from joining Indian legends Prakash Padukone and P Gopichand who have bagged the prestigious title in the past. Saina will face the winner of the other semifinal between seventh seeded Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei and Spain's Carolina Marin, to be held on Sunday.
News On AIR | March 7, 2015 8:05 PM