LONDON: India’s World No 6 Saina Nehwal’s quarter-final jinx continued as she lost to China’s World No 3 Wang Xin in the World Championships art the Wembley Arena here yesterday. Saina, who also stumbled at this very stage in the last two editions of the tournament, went down 15-21, 10-21.
However, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa made history by becoming India’s first-ever women’s doubles pair to reach the last four stage of the World Championships. The Commonwealth Games gold medallists beat the 12th seed Indonesian pair of Vita Marissa and Nadya Melati
17-21 21-10 21-17 in a keenly fought 47-minute encounter. The World No 21 duo next take on fifth seeds Qing Tian and Yunlei Zhao of China, who edged out fourth seeds Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kakiiwa of Japan 21-16 21-10 in their quarter-final match yesterday. — Agencies
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