31 Kristy Gilmour of Scotland"I should not have gone to Rio" Olympics, said Saina Nehwal, almost a year after the champion shuttler's early exit proved to be one of the biggest upsets for the Indian contingent at the Games last year. Now, a rejuvenated Saina marked her return to the big league by reaching the semifinals of the World Badminton Championships in Glasgow. I shouldn't have gone to Rio, I didn't know I had a major injury. Her second world championship semifinal appearance is different because she had struggled on court after returning from a career-threatening knee injury and a surgery that hampered her at Olympics last year. The London Olympics bronze medallist will next play seventh seed Nozomi Okuhara of Japan, who knocked out two-time defending champion Spain's Carolina Marin 21-18 14-21 21-15 in another match.

Source: India Today August 26, 2017 05:37 UTC