|
| English.news.cn 2010-06-27 19:29:18 |
JAKARTA, June 27 (Xinhua) -- The defending Women's Single (WS) champion in Indonesia Open, Indian Saina Nehwal, retained her championship after trashed her Japanese contender Sayaka Sato in final match of 2010 Indonesia Open here on Sunday.
With her latest victory here, Saina has championed three international badminton tournaments three weeks in a row. Prior to Indonesia Open she championed India Open and Singapore Open.
Saina ended the match in three games scored 21-19, 13-21 and 21- 11. .
"She was good and moving fast the second game that made me hardly able to return her shots. She leads in the second game with her excellent drop shots. So I tried to correct my performance with cross shots and net playing. It worked out, I managed to control the third game," Saina said of her contender playing in the match in a press conference held after her victory.
Saina's victory in 2010 Indonesia Open was rewarded with a prize money worth 18,750 U.S. dollars. Meanwhile, the runner up Sayaka Kato received 9,500 U.S. dollars.
Saina, who was seeded no. 6, singled out as the winner of WS group 2009 Indonesia Open championship after dumped Chinese shuttler Wang Lin, seeded no. 3, in the final match in three games ended 12-21, 21-18 and 21-19.
No comments:
Post a Comment