Shraddha Kapoor meets Saina Nehwal's parents for biopic, see pics and video
Bollywood | September 25, 2018 17:10 ISTShraddha Kapoor said, “I’m really excited about this film. Saina is the country’s sweetheart, a champion and a youth icon.''
Shraddha Kapoor said, “I’m really excited about this film. Saina is the country’s sweetheart, a champion and a youth icon.''
Saina, who had skipped the Japan Open earlier this month after winning a bronze at 18th Asian Games, will look to get over the disappointment of her first-round exit at China last week when she takes on Korean Kim Hyo Min.
Among the men, Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy will look to get over the disappointing campaigns in the World championship and the Asian Games.
Neeraj's gold and three other athletics silver medals, along with Saina Nehwal's badminton singles bronze, propelled India's overall medal count to 41.
Saina was beaten in straight games by Tai Tzu in the semifinals, setting the Taipei player up against another Indian in Olympic silver-medallist PV Sindhu in the final.
Coming into this match, Saina had lost her last nine matches against Tzu Ying, including three in the 2018 season.
Saina will next take on world no 1 Tai Tzu Ying, who knocked out Glasgow World Champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan 21-15 21-10 in the other quarterfinal.
Saina outclassed the world number 40 Indonesian 21-6 21-14 in second-round match which was little over half an hour.
After the women's team went down 1-3 to top seeds Japan earlier in the day, the men's team put up a spirited effort before losing 1-3 to hosts Indonesia.
The Indian women's team, which won a historic bronze in the last edition in Incheon, lost the quarterfinal to the top-seeded and the most formidable team in the world.
Most athletes and their coaches have already acknowledged that the Asiad is going to be a different ball game than the Commonwealth given the presence of powerhouses such as China, Japan and Korea.
The players, the coaches, the support staff all of them put in efforts to be in good shape, said the Indian badminton chief coach as India take off for Jakarta.
Saina Nehwal dropped out of the top 10 while Kidambi Srikanth slipped two places to eighth in the latest BWF singles rankings released on Thursday.
Third seed Sindhu, facing Japanese Nozomi Okuhara, who defeated her at the previous edition's final, won 21-17, 21-19 in 58 minutes.
Saina, the 10th seed, was outclassed by Spanish seventh seed and two-time world champion Carolina Marin.
Saina showed amazing retrieving skills against Inthanon, who is on a comeback trail after recovering from an injury.
It took the star shuttler 35 minutes to ease past the Indonesian, dominating the proceedings and imposing authority to win 21-14, 21-9 to enter the pre-quarters.
The Olympic medallist Indian had received a bye in the first round.
While Saina skipped last week's Thailand Open, Sindhu made it to the final before losing to reigning World Champion Nozomi Okuhara, who climbed up two spots to 6th.
Memories of Sindhu and Okuhara battling in one of the greatest matches of all time during the summit clash in Glasgow last year is still fresh in the minds of badminton aficionados.
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