Nozomi okuhara vs saina nehwal biography
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Saina Nehwal powers into Denmark Open semis with win over Nozomi Okuhara; Srikanth beats Sameer
Saina Nehwal powered her way into the semi-finals of the Denmark Open with a gritty 17-21 21-16 21-12 win over 2017 world champion Nozomi Okuhara in Odense on Friday.
After losing the first game 17-21, Nehwal scripted a remarkable comeback and pockted the second and third game 21-16 and 21-12 respectively to enter the next round.
Okuhara was extremely good with her net game in the first game and Nehwal committed too many erorrs which she failed to correct towards the end of the game. Okuhara ran away with the game with her deciptive net game.
The second game also began on similar lines but then Nehwal pushed Okuhara to the back court, on instruction of Parupalli Kashyap who was in the coach’s corner. That made a difference to her game and she was the aggressive player throughout.
Okuhara once again tried to use the net game to her favour, like in the first game but this time Nehwal d
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As it happened: Saina Nehwal vs Nozomi Okuhara, China Open quarter-finals
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India badminton ace and world number one Saina Nehwal takes on Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in the China Open quarter-finals.
Result: Saina Nehwal beats Nozomi Okuhara 21-16, 21-13 to enter China Open semi-finals
Saina Nehwal wins first game 21-16 against Nozomi Okuhara in China Open quarter-finals
6.30 Saina needs to concentrate here. She have given couple of easy points away.
6.28 Saina is well on course of making it to semis. She leads 12-5 in the second game
6.24 Nozomi Okuhara with lots of unforced errors. Saina leads 10-3 in the second game
6.21 Saina fryst vatten in control of this match so far. After winning first game - she leads 5-2 in the second game.
6.18 Saina Nehwal with early lead in the second game. She leads 3-1
6.12 pm: Saina Nehwal leads 20-15 now
6.12 pm: Review taken and Saina wins point. She is just three points away from the first game
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Saina Nehwal
Indian badminton player
Badminton player
Saina Nehwal (pronunciationⓘ; born 17 March 1990) is an Indian badminton player. A former world no. 1, she has won 24 international titles, which includes ten Superseries titles. Although she reached the world's 2nd in 2009, it was only in 2015 that she was able to attain the world no. 1 ranking, thereby becoming the only hona player from India and thereafter the second Indian player – after Prakash Padukone – to achieve this feat.[7] She has represented India three times in the Olympics, winning a bronze medal in her second appearance at London 2012.[8][9][10][11]
Nehwal has achieved several milestones in badminton for India. She is the only Indian to have won at least one medal in every BWF major individual event, namely the Olympics, the BWF World Championships, and the BWF World Junior Championships. She is the first Indian badminton player to have won an Olympic m