NEW DELHI: India's top shuttler Saina Nehwal booked berth for semi-final of Indonesian Open Super Series by defeating Hye Youn Hwang of Korea. She had to struggle for 45 minutes to down her rival. Sixth-seed Saina beat world number 18 Hwang 21-7, 13-21, 21-15 in a tough women's singles quarter-final. Saina will now take on Chinese Lan Lu, seventh-seed in the tournament, in the last-four level on Saturday. Lu beat second-seed Yihan Wang in the other quarter-final match.
Saina made short work of Hwang in the first game as the Korean huffed and puffed but could not read the Indian's game.
In the second game, however, the Korean bounced back and after leveling 7-7 opened up a lead of 7-10. Saina was made to do the catching up job as Hwang pocketed the game quite easily. In the decider, Saina was lagging 5-8 when the Hyderabad girl unleashed a flurry of smashes to pocket five straight points to grab the lead at 10-8 before downing her rival.
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