Asian Games: Nehwal loses to World No.1 Tai Tzu Ying, wins bronze in badminton semi-finals
Follow UsIndia's star shuttler Saina Nehwal lost to World No-1 Tai Tzu Ying in the Asian Games badminton semi-finals on Tuesday to settle for the bronze medal.
Nehwal was beaten 17-21, 14-21 by the Chinese Taipei player as India's medal hunt in badminton stalled early in the second week of the Asian Games.
India's No-1 player PV Sindhu will take on World no 2 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the other semi-finals.
The two headed for a gold medal showdown at the 18th Asian Games after their quarterfinal victories ensured India's first ever women's singles medals at the Continental event.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN #ASIANGAMES, we have won a medal in women's singles Badminton!@NSaina clinches a bronze, and ends our dry spell! Proud of you and your achievement!#KheloIndia #AsianGames2018 #IndiaAtAsianGames pic.twitter.com/B1pwKNqWB4
— Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) August 27, 2018
#AsianGames2018 Saina Nehwal loses to Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying in Badminton Semi-finals, gets Bronze medal. pic.twitter.com/0WWNm1kk5r
— ANI (@ANI) August 27, 2018
First, it was London bronze medallist Saina, who ended a 36-year-old wait for an individual medal after locking at least a bronze following a 21-18 21-16 win over world number five Ratchanok Intanon in a 42-minute quarterfinal.