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This is an archive article published on March 18, 2012

Saina reaches finals of Swiss Open

The world number three Chinese beat eighth seed Inthanon Ratchanok of Thailand.

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Defending champion Saina Nehwal reached her second consecutive final of the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold with a straight-game victory over Japan’s Minatsu

Mitani in the semifinals in Basel,Switzerland.

The Indian ace registered a 21-16 21-18 triumph over Mitani in 35 minutes to set up a summit clash with second seed Shixian Wang.

The world number three Chinese beat eighth seed Inthanon Ratchanok of Thailand 21-17 21-15 in another women’s singles match last night.

Saina,who turned 22 yesterday,didn’t allow the Japanese to come close to her as she opened up a 3-0 lead and kept extending it to pocket the first game.

In the second game,Mitani showed some aggression and led 7-3,but Saina caught up with her and then moved ahead to seal the match.

The world number five Saina had beaten sixth seed Xin Liu of China 21-12 21-13 in the quarterfinals.

 

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