Badminton News : Saina’s campaign at All England Open comes to an end

Saina Nehwal bowed out of All England Championships after a straight-games loss to world No.1 Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan in the quarter-finals at the Birmingham Arena on Friday. Saina lost 15-21, 19-21 in just 37 minutes to register another loss against Tai Tzu. This is Saina's 13th straight loss against the world No.1, who is the undisputed standout in the women's singles. Tai Tzu started the match on a high tempo and did not allow Saina to get into the game. It did help the world No.1 that Saina played some weak shots. Tai Tzu took a massive 11-3 lead at the break and Saina was even admonished by her husband and player Parupalli Kashyap for some "stupid shots". Saina fought back hard after the break bringing her strategy of stiffling Tai Tzu at the back of the court into play and reduced the massive gap to 12-14.However, Tai Tzu upped the ante once again from there and ran off to take the first game 21-15. After the first game, Kashyap once again told Saina that she will have to be disciplined if she wants to challenge but she ended up losing that game too and the match.