Swiss Open Badminton LIVE: Selvaduray beats Nehwal Twice Swiss Open champion Saina Nehwal has crashed out of Swiss Masters. She lost to Malaysia’s Kisona Selvaduray in the second round 21-17, 13-21, 13-21. The duo met each other for the second time in their career after Saina Nehwal thrashed her at 2021 Thailand Open 21-15, 21-15. The latter finally avenged her loss against Saina. Follow all the live updates on InsideSport.IN
With the loss, her woes in the BWF tournaments continues. She had earlier crashed out in the second round of the German Open & All England Championships.
Swiss Open Badminton Highlights: Two-time champion Saina Nehwal crashes out, stunned by Malaysian Selvaduray
Game 3: Nehwal crashes out, loses 21-13 in decider
Game 2: Kisona Selvaduray fights back, wins the second set 21-13
Game 1: Saina Nehwal takes the lead after 1st set, wins 21-17 for Quarterfinals
Nehwal had earlier defeated Spain’s Yaelle Hoyaux in straight games 21-8, 21-13, in a match that lasted for 31 minutes in the opening round.
On the other hand, Selvaduray beat Switzerland’s Nadia Fankhauser 21-13, 21-11 in the opening contest. The World No.64 faces an uphill task against 2011-12 Swiss Open champion Saina Nehwal.
Saina Nehwal had earlier lost to All England Badminton champion & World No.2 Akane Yamaguchi in her last outing. The Former World No.1 Nehwal is on a trophy drought since the 2019 Indonesian Masters.
The 32-year-old had also reached the Swiss Open semifinals twice besides winning the crown in 2011-2012 but she has been out of touch since 2021 Orleans Masters SFs. In fact, the 2020 Spain Masters Quarterfinals is the last big achievement besides the Orleans semis in the last 2 years.
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Disney Star Network has decided not to renew the media rights portfolio of BWF. The world body’s commercial partners INFRONT have now entered into a partnership with Viacom’s streaming platform VOOT to LIVE stream the international badminton events in India.
Swiss Open Badminton Highlights: Two-time champion Saina Nehwal crashes out, stunned by Malaysian Selvaduray
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