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Every Indian shuttler wants to slay the Chinese in China - Saina Nehwal in China Masters semis
On Friday in Changzhou, Saina Nehwal battled all of that to pull off the biggest win of her career in open tournaments. The 12th-ranked Indian stunned world champion Zhu Lin 21-16, 21-23, 21-18 in a 56 minute keenly-contested quarter-final at the $250,000 China Masters Super Series.
Saina, seeded seventh, had come close to beating the top Chinese girls a few times in the past, but Friday's win over World No 6 and third seed shows the 18-year-old has really come of age. "It's a torture to be playing in front of the Chinese fans. They are mad about their players. Worse, I got a few bad calls, one on match point (in the second game). I would''ve won in straight games but I couldn''t concentrate after that."
"I missed my coach (Gopi Chand) because you need someone around in crunch situations. But at the same time, it's good to know that you can beat the world champion by thinking on your own," an ecstatic Saina told media reporters, followed the match on the net. In his prime, the chief national coach had never beaten a Chinese player in China. He hailed his ward's win as a "special achievement".
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