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Saina Nehwal becomes first Indian to reach finals of World Badminton Championships

Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal became the first Indian to reach the finals of the World Badminton Championships. In the semi-final of the women's singles in Jakarta on Saturday, the World No.2 Indian notched up a 21-17, 21-17 win over Indonesia's Lindaweni Fanetri. Saina is now assured of at least a silver medal. In a repeat to this year's All England Championship final, second seed Saina will fight it out with defending champion and World No. 1 Carolina Marin of Spain in the summit clash tomorrow. In the first semi-final earlier today, Marin had defeated South Korean eighth seed Sung Ji-hyun in three games 21-17, 15-21, 21-16. For India, Saina's medal would be India's fifth medal at the World Championships. P V Sindhu clinched the bronze twice in 2013 and 2014 and Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa notched up a bronze in women's doubles at the 2011 edition. Legendary shuttler Prakash Padukone was the first Indian to win a bronze at the 1983 edition.

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