Badminton : India’s Saina Nehwal entered into quarter finals
PARIS
India's Saina Nehwal entered into the quarter finals of the World badminton championships, beating Russia's Ella Diehl in straight games here on Thursday. The second seeded Indian took just 40 minutes to beat 13th seed Ella Diehl 21-14, 21-18 in the third round of the women's singles event. But a short while before the start of Saina's match, World No. 1 and top seed Yihan Wang of China was stunned by Japan's Eriko Hirose in a three game match that lasted an hour and fifteen minutes. Hirose won 20-22, 21-16, 21-18. The Indian was competitive from the start and knowing that her opponent Diehl was not week. Within minutes of the start of the play Saina was off to a 10-5 lead while the Russian made errors at the net contiIndia goes to final in energetic fashion
