London Olympics bronze-medallist, Saina Nehwal on Sunday thrashed Thai opponent to pick the Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold. This was a hard-fought victory in the summit clash. It’s a great achievement for Saina as the ace player took the gold home and won a title for the first time after a career-threatening injury.
Such a pleasing feeling to see @NSaina with a gold medal round her neck! Congratulations Champ! ☺️👍 pic.twitter.com/Hhck0j9RRh
— Vinesh Phogat (@Phogat_Vinesh) January 22, 2017
What immense will power to come back so soon and win a GPG. Congrats @NSaina. You are truly a warrior and a great role model @OGQ_India
— Viren Rasquinha (@virenrasquinha) January 22, 2017
The top-seed was up against 18-year-old Thai Pornpawee Chochuwong. Saina beat her with 22-20, 22-20 in a match last lasted for 46-minutes. With this win, Saina now has total of 23 titles and this is her first after last year's Australian Open.
.@awadhewarrior's Saina Nehwal starts 2017 on a high! Wins the #MalaysiaGPG final in a hard-fought match. Well done! pic.twitter.com/e68gRB2ATv
— Premier Badminton League (@PBLIndiaLive) January 22, 2017
During the entire match, Saina defended her positing desperately because it was months since she had displayed a champion performance. A must-needed victory didn’t come in easy ways.
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The 26-year-old world No.10 was fighting against an opponent who ranked more than 50 places below her at 67th. Saina dominated the first round and Chochuwong failed to save the game. In the second game too, the Hyderabadi remained in the lead, and fended off Chochuwong to score up to 22-20.
Berjalan ketat sepanjang pertandingan, Saina Nehwal sukses meraih Gelar Juara #MalaysiaGPG. Kalahkan Porpawee 22-20, 22-20 di Final. pic.twitter.com/ye3uWbEDkV
— Antonius Agustian (@antoagustian) January 22, 2017
Well done Saina congrats @NSaina
— Harvir Singh (@NHarvir) January 22, 2017
Well done Saina! Hardworks finally paid off!!
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