Indian badminton star Saina Nehwal on Sunday defeated Chinese Sun Yu to win the women’s singles title of the $750,000 Australian Badminton Open Superseries.
IANS reported that the World No.8 Saina lost the first game 11-21 against the world No.12 Chinese before winning the next two games 21-14, 21-19 to clinch the championship for the second time in three years.
Saina was the runner-up in the sane competition last year.
She now has a 6-1 lead in the head-to-head record against her Chinese rival.