NEW DELHI: A record eighth consecutive World Badminton Championships quarter-final appearance for ace India shuttler Saina Nehwal ended on a disappointing be aware as she lost the contest to Carolina Marin of Spain in immediately video games in Nanjing, China on Friday.
The tenth seed Nehwal suffered a 6-21, 11-21 defeat towards seventh seed Marin in just 31 minutes. Nehwal looked off-colour in all the match and failed to match the aggression of Marin.
And with the victory, Marin levelled the head-to-head stats with the Indian at 5-5. Marin will next face sixth seed He Bingjiao of China, who shocked best seed Tai Tzu Ying 21-18, 7-21, 21-13 previous at the same court docket, within the ladies's singles semi-final.
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Nehwal and Marin exchanged the primary two issues of the match before the Spaniard raced to a 5-1 lead, which she made it to Eight-2 very quickly. The Spaniard went into the mid-game ruin with a commanding nine-point lead at 11-2.
Nehwal put a brake on Marin's eight-point streak to make it 3-13 but it was once only a temporary halt because the eighth-ranked Marin temporarily turned the tide to make it 15-3. The ranking soon read 18-6 in Marin's favour, before she wrapped up the primary game 21-6 in just 12 minutes.
In the second game, a mistaken challenge by way of Marin gave Nehwal a narrow 2-1 lead, however the left-hander snatched it back, 3-2, with a cross-court slice. The ranking soon turned to Eight-3 in Marin's favour. Then Nehwal gained three issues in a row to make it 5-Nine, and after few unforced mistakes from Marin the ranking modified to Eight-10. Marin despite the fact that went into the ruin with a three-point advantage at 11-Eight.
A mistaken challenge from Nehwal made it Eight-13 soon after the change-over. And it was once too tough a role to make a comeback from there on for the World No. 10 Indian as she lost the second game 10-21.
Earlier, India's Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy lost 17-21, 10-21 to best seeded Chinese pair of Huang Yaqiong and Zheng Siwei in blended doubles quarter-finals.
The tenth seed Nehwal suffered a 6-21, 11-21 defeat towards seventh seed Marin in just 31 minutes. Nehwal looked off-colour in all the match and failed to match the aggression of Marin.
And with the victory, Marin levelled the head-to-head stats with the Indian at 5-5. Marin will next face sixth seed He Bingjiao of China, who shocked best seed Tai Tzu Ying 21-18, 7-21, 21-13 previous at the same court docket, within the ladies's singles semi-final.
ALSO READ: No. 1 Tai Tzu-ying suffers shock defeat
Nehwal and Marin exchanged the primary two issues of the match before the Spaniard raced to a 5-1 lead, which she made it to Eight-2 very quickly. The Spaniard went into the mid-game ruin with a commanding nine-point lead at 11-2.
Nehwal put a brake on Marin's eight-point streak to make it 3-13 but it was once only a temporary halt because the eighth-ranked Marin temporarily turned the tide to make it 15-3. The ranking soon read 18-6 in Marin's favour, before she wrapped up the primary game 21-6 in just 12 minutes.
In the second game, a mistaken challenge by way of Marin gave Nehwal a narrow 2-1 lead, however the left-hander snatched it back, 3-2, with a cross-court slice. The ranking soon turned to Eight-3 in Marin's favour. Then Nehwal gained three issues in a row to make it 5-Nine, and after few unforced mistakes from Marin the ranking modified to Eight-10. Marin despite the fact that went into the ruin with a three-point advantage at 11-Eight.
A mistaken challenge from Nehwal made it Eight-13 soon after the change-over. And it was once too tough a role to make a comeback from there on for the World No. 10 Indian as she lost the second game 10-21.
Earlier, India's Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy lost 17-21, 10-21 to best seeded Chinese pair of Huang Yaqiong and Zheng Siwei in blended doubles quarter-finals.
Off-colour Saina Nehwal loses to Carolina Marin in quarters
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