Saina Nehwal Wins Bronze ,as Xing Wang retires after Ankle injury .
Saina Nehwal , will don tonight in the Playoffs with the Bronze Medal at stake against China's Xing Wang. Nehwal after losing the Semifinal round to world no.2 Wang Yihan ,was bitterly disappointed with her performance after the game , as she already had the edge coming into the game defeating Yihan in their last meeting , in the World Championships. However , in the semifinal , Nehwal seemed to make too little an impact on the Chinese , as she took away the game with straight sets of 13-21 and 13-21 . Today , however Saina will once more set foot on the court seeking a some consolation upon winning the Bronze for India . Gopichand , mentor of the Indian Badminton team at the Olympics , have already expressed his views on the last game and is quite confident about tonight's game , as Saina will give her best to clinch a medal at this year's Olympics .Thus creating history Saina will be the first Badminton player to have reached the semifinals in the Olympics .
- 1st Set : 18/21
- 2nd Set: 0/1
Saina Nehwal , will don tonight in the Playoffs with the Bronze Medal at stake against China's Xing Wang. Nehwal after losing the Semifinal round to world no.2 Wang Yihan ,was bitterly disappointed with her performance after the game , as she already had the edge coming into the game defeating Yihan in their last meeting , in the World Championships. However , in the semifinal , Nehwal seemed to make too little an impact on the Chinese , as she took away the game with straight sets of 13-21 and 13-21 . Today , however Saina will once more set foot on the court seeking a some consolation upon winning the Bronze for India . Gopichand , mentor of the Indian Badminton team at the Olympics , have already expressed his views on the last game and is quite confident about tonight's game , as Saina will give her best to clinch a medal at this year's Olympics .Thus creating history Saina will be the first Badminton player to have reached the semifinals in the Olympics .
All eyes will be on Saina tonight as she dons in one last match of the London Olympics , to claim a Bronze . Saina is currently ranked World no. 4 while her counterpart Xing Wang is two steps ahead at 2nd . However , tonight all other records and achievements will reduced to null as both these "Hard Shuttlers" take the field to fight for an Olympics Medal.
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