Saina Nehwal imposed a hard-fought straight-game win over former world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan to enter the women’s singles semifinals of the Malaysia Masters in Kuala Lumpur on Friday. The match lasted for 48-minutes. Seventh-seeded Saina made a 9-4 head-to-head record against Okuhara on Friday. Saina fought back from 9-15 and[Read More…]
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Korea Open: PV Sindhu defeats Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara to clinch title
In thrilling finals of women’s singles title, Olympic silver medallist shuttler, PV Sindhu, beat world champion, Nozomi Okuhara, of Japan at the Korea Open Superseries on Sunday. She saw off eighth seed Okuhara 22-20, 11-21, 20-18 in an energy-sapping contest that lasted an hour and 23 minutes. The 22-year-old Indian[Read More…]