Saina Crahes Out!! Flash News!

Saina Lost to her Indonesian counterpart today

The 18-year-old Indian went down 28-26 14-21 15-21 in the thrilling contest against her world number 16 rival.

However, unfazed by the initial setback Yulianti equalised in the next game, helped to a large extent by Saina's mistakes.

The decider looked like going Saina's way as she led 11-5 at one point but nerves got the better of the world number 15 Indian in the closing stages as Yulianti equalised before racing away with the game and the match.




















In the men's competition, Anup Sridhar has already made his exit, losing in the round of 16 of the men's singles event.

India's chances of getting a medal now lies entirely on Paes-Bhupathi pair, Sania Mirza withdrew from the tournament because of injury!

Saina entered Quarter Finals..India's hopes high...

India's ace shuttler,18 tr old, Saina Nehwal is just one win away from ensuring another individual medal for India after she smashed away the fourth seed Chen Wang of HongKong to move into the quarterfinals of the women's singles badminton event at the Olympics on Monday.

Saina, ranked 15, defeated Wang 21-19 11-21 21-11 in a grueling pre-quarterfinal contest at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium here.

After first two easy encounters, Saina had to bring her best to get the better of World No. 5 Wang. Both the shuttlers were neck and neck in the first game till 19 points when Saina stepped up the accelerator to seal the game with two consecutive points.

However, Wang took full advantage in the second game and level the scores. But came back strongly in the decider and raced on to 6-0 lead. She was also helped by Wang's high number of unforced errors in the decider.

From there onwards there was no looking back for Saina as she booked her last eight place with ease with some elegant placement and immaculate drop shots.