London 2012: Saina out in semifinals but India medal hopes still alive

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Friday, 3 August 2012 - 10:33am India News Bulletin Desk
India's Saina Nehwal lost to Wang Yihan in London 2012 badminton semifinals
India's Saina Nehwal lost to Wang Yihan in London 2012 badminton semifinals
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India’s hopes for a gold or silver medal at London 2012 Olympic Games’ badminton event were crushed as ace Saina Nehwal lost to world number one Wang Yihan in the badminton semifinals on August 3. 

But the Indian shuttler still keeps India’s hopes for a medal in badminton alive as she has a chance to win a bronze in the play-off against another losing semi-finalist on Saturday, August 4. 

China’s Yihan beat fourth seeded Nehwal in a 21-13 21-13 score to secure a place in women’s badminton singles finals at London 2012 Olympics.

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Nehwal, 22, earlier beat Denmark’s Tine Baun to qualify for the semi-finals and raise India’s hopes for a medal win at London Olympics. Nehwal historic win made her the first badminton player from India to reach the semifinals of the Olympics.

But in her match with Yihan at the Wembley Arena, Nehwal made three unforced errors which proved costly. Nehwal had previously lost to Yihan at the Malaysian Open tournament in January this year.

Catch up on London 2012 Olympics news with IndiaNewsBulletin’s coverage here.

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