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Top seed Saina Nehwal stormed into
the semifinal of the China Open
badminton tournament with a 21-16,
21-13 win against Japan's Nozomi
Okuhara in Fuzhou on Friday. Saina
will play Chinese seventh seed Wang
Yihan for a spot in the final. Wang
defeated fourth seed Tai Tzu Ying
21018, 21-17.
Saina is also the defending champion
having won the 2014 edition.
In the other half of the draw, Chinese
Olympic champion Li Xuerui will clash
with teammate Wang Shixian, who
upset Spanish world champion
Carolina Marin and tournament
second seed 21-13, 10-21, 21-10.
Saina broke little sweat in her clash
with Nozomi. In three previous
meetings, the Indian champion had
never lost a match and on Thursday,
she kept the pressure on the
unseeded Japanese girl. Saina Nehwal Enters China Open Badminton Semis - Badminton News
the semifinal of the China Open
badminton tournament with a 21-16,
21-13 win against Japan's Nozomi
Okuhara in Fuzhou on Friday. Saina
will play Chinese seventh seed Wang
Yihan for a spot in the final. Wang
defeated fourth seed Tai Tzu Ying
21018, 21-17.
Saina is also the defending champion
having won the 2014 edition.
In the other half of the draw, Chinese
Olympic champion Li Xuerui will clash
with teammate Wang Shixian, who
upset Spanish world champion
Carolina Marin and tournament
second seed 21-13, 10-21, 21-10.
Saina broke little sweat in her clash
with Nozomi. In three previous
meetings, the Indian champion had
never lost a match and on Thursday,
she kept the pressure on the
unseeded Japanese girl. Saina Nehwal Enters China Open Badminton Semis - Badminton News