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Saina Nehwal to meet Wang Yihan in semifinals of Asia Badminton Championships

Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal will meet Chinese, Wang Yihan in the semifinals of the Asia Badminton Championships at Wuhan in China today. In the quarterfinal yesterday, the World Number 8 Indian defeated former World Champion Shixian Wang of China in straight games 21-16, 21-19 in a match that lasted 56 minutes. In another quarterfinal, the sixth seeded Chinese, Wang Yihan beat Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in three games 8-21, 21-13, 21-19.Saina has a 9-4 career head-to-head lead over her semi-final opponent.

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