Saina Nehwal Orleans Masters: London Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal has made her way up to the semifinals after she defeated Wang in the Orleans Masters Badminton Tournament 2021.
The Badminton star won against USA's Iris Wang in the quarterfinals of the Women's Singles match of the Orleans Masters Badminton Tournament 2021. She further grabbed three match points, wasted two of them before clinching the match. Saina Nehwal scored 21-19, 17-21, 21-19, and earned her spot at the semifinals.
The London Olympic bronze medallist will face either Denmark's Line Christophersen or our very own Ira Sharma for a place in the finals at the Super 100 event, which is a part of BWF's revised Olympic qualification events. Ira Sharma was a new addition to the main draw after an unannounced player was pulled out due to Covid related reasons.
Along with Saina Nehwal, two more Badminton players have made the country proud. Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy have also entered the Semifinals of the Orleans Masters Tournament. The duo had a comfortable win over England's Chloe Birch & Lauren Smith. Ponnappa and Reddy made the score 21-14, 21-18 in the game.
The duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy is currently world no. 25. The duo had received a bye in their second-round match against Indonesiaโs Fabriana Kusuma and Amalia Pratiwi. In their next match, they would be facing Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai from Thailand.
The biopic of Saina Nehwal released today and the film has received a positive response. Film critics and celebrities took to their Twitter handles to shower their best wishes, praise the movie and the actor Parineeti Chopraโs performance. The Amole Gupte directorial was produced under the banner of T-Series and Front Foot Pictures. In the movie Saina, Parineeti Chopra is seen playing the role of Saina Nehwal with actor Manav Kaul as her coach Pullela Gopichand.
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