Chennai, Jun 13: Top seed Saina Nehwal rallied from behind to beat Mew Choo Wong of Malaysia 20-22, 21-14, 21-12 and clinched the women’s singles title in the Yonex-Sunrise India Grand Prix badminton tournament here today.
After dropping the keenly contested first game, Saina held the temperament and clawed her way back into the contest by pocketing the second game.
In the deciding game, the second seed Malaysian often came up with deep returns and powerful smashes close to the back line. Wong score winners twice finding the vacant spots behind Saina, but it was short-lived as the world number six Indian was able to score points almost at will.
Meanwhile, another Indian seventh seed RMV Gurusaidutt failed to cross the final hurdle and went down 13-21, 18-21 to unseeded Indonesian Yunus Alamsyah in the men’s singles summit clash.
–Agencies