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| Saina enters women's singles semifinals of Malaysia Masters | | | |  Kuala Lumpur Jan 18
Saina Nehwal has entered the women's singles semifinals of the Malaysia Masters Badminton. However, Kidambi Srikanth crashed out of the men's singles.
In Kuala Lumpur today, Saina defeated former world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan. Seventh seeded Saina, who had a 8-4 head-to-head record against Okuhara before today, fought back from 9-15 and 14-18 down in the two games to extend her dominance over the second-seeded Japanese with a 21-18, 23-21 win in a 48-minute quarterfinals.
The 28-year-old from Hyderabad, who had won the title in 2017 and was a runners-up in the 2011 edition, will face a tough test next when she faces three-time world champion Carolina Marin of Spain on tomorrow. Saina has defeated Marin five times and has lost to the Spaniard as many times in the last 10 meetings.
Srikanth squandered a one-game advantage to go down 23-21, 16-21, 17-21 to fourth seed Korean Son Wan Ho in the quarterfinals. | | | | |
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