With an unprecedented two medals from the same BWF World Championships assured for India, Saturday is a big day for Indian badminton. 16 Saina Nehwal, who has been seeded 12th in the World Championships played a tiring three-game quarterfinal against local favourite and 16th seeded Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour, winning 21-19 18-21 21-15 nearly an hour and a quarter. It is a remarkable achievement for Saina, who has entered the quarterfinals of every World Badminton Championships she has participated in since 2009. Saina has quietly slipped into the semifinals with all the focus on Sindhu, who stormed into the last four with second straight-game victory in this Championships. The trendsetter among Indian women’s badminton, Saina, and the sensational, ever smiling but tough shuttler Sindhu are only taking Indian badminton to greater heights.

Source: dna August 26, 2017 08:03 UTC