Wuhan (China): Indian star Saina Nehwal crashed out against her fierce Chinese rival Yihan Wang in the semi-final of the Badminton Asia Championships here on Saturday. The 26-year-old Indian failed to match the sharp play from Yihan as she went down 16-21, 14-21 in 41 minutes at the Wuhan Sports Center, the loss being the 2015 World Championship runner-up’s 11th in 15 meetings against the 2011 world champion and 2012 silver medallist.
Even though the world No. 8 Indian started on a decent note, making it 9-6 before the world No. 6 Chinese equalised 10-all. Then Yihan upped the ante with a dominant performance.
