Swiss Open 2012 : Saina Nehwal Wins Swiss Open Title

Sunday was the victorious day for India in Sports. First we won cricket match against Pakistan in Asia cup 2012 & on the other hand India’s impressive shuttler Saina Nehwal wins the Swiss Open for 2nd consecutive year. Saina defended her Women’s Singles title by beating China’s Wang Shixian in the final encounter of German Open Grand Prix Gold 2012 at Basel, Switzerland on March 18.

Saina Nehwal, who turned 22 on Saturday, win the final against the world number three Chinese Shixian Wang 21-19, 21-16  in just 48 minutes.

Saina made a whirlwind start to the final, zooming to a healthy 11-3 lead in the first game. Shixian reeled off four straight points and slowly made her way to level the score at 17-all but the Indian made sure she had nose ahead in the end.

In the second game, Saina had an early 3-0 lead allowed the Chinese to claw her way back to 11-8 at the break. After the breather, the Indian gathered herself and caught up with Shixian at 13-13 and then registered four straight points from 15-all to eventually seal it comfortably.

The happy & excited Sania quote : “I am really thrilled to win a title again. I feel good now and am a lot more confident. I was desperate for this victory. I needed one major title to get back my rhythm and beating a player who was world No. 1 just two months back is very satisfying. It will put me back on track and this major victory ahead of Olympics will help me a lot.”

Earlier, Saina had beaten Japan’s Minatsu Mitani in the semi-finals.

Indiascanner.com Congrats Saina to make India proud….