TIL Desk Sports/ Olympic medallist Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal’s impressive run at the French Open ended with yet another loss to World No 1 Tai Tzu Ying, this time at the quarter-finals of the BWF World Tour Super 750 tournament in Paris on Friday. There was more disappointment in store for India as Kidambi Srikanth lost his men’s singles quarter-final to World No 1 Kento Momota.
Srikanth put up a fight before going down 16-21, 19-21. Saina looked in good touch initially but couldn’t match the pace of Tzu Ying later on to squander four game points and lose the opening game. She was no match to her rival in the second and eventually went down 20-22 11-21 in the quarters in Paris.
It was Saina’s 12th straight defeat to the Chinese Taipei shuttler, who showed incredible temperament and determination to seal the contest after being 9-16 and 16-20 down in the opening game. Saina yet again failed to crack the Tzu Ying code as she lost to the Chinese Taipei shuttler in the finals last week at Denmark Open. Tzu Ying now has an overwhelming 14-5 head-to-head record against Saina.
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