New No. 1 Nehwal storms to Indian Open victory
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SAINA Nehwal, badminton’s new world No. 1, trounced Ratchanok Intanon yesterday to win the Indian Open women’s singles on home turf.
Nehwal beat the Thai challenger 21-16, 21-14 in less than an hour in the final of the Super Series tournament at Siri Fort stadium in New Delhi. Nehwal, 25, became the world No. 1 — the first Indian to do so — after she reached the semifinals of the Indian Open, although rankings are not formally announced by the Badminton World Federation until Thursday. She also reached the All-England final
Earlier, the Japanese duo of Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi defeated their Chinese challengers Luo Ying and Luo Yu 21-19, 21-19 to win the women’s doubles final but China’s Chai Biao and Hong Wei comfortably beat Denmark’s Conrad Petersen and Mads Pieler Kolding 21-18, 21-14 to take the men’s doubles title while compatriots Liu Cheng and Bao Yixin downed Denmark’s Christinna Pedersen and Joachim Fischer Nielsen in the mixed doubles final, 21-19, 21-19.
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