In a surprising development, fifteen players, including some top guns, have pulled out of the Yonex-Sunrise Indian Open, most of them citing injury.
Saina brought down the final brick in the Chinese Wall, world No.1 Wang Yihan, who remained the only Chinese player till now not to have fallen to the Indian.
PV Sindhu's giant-killing spree came to a halt after she went down fighting to world number nine jiang yanjiao in the singles semifinals of China Masters.
After India's best-ever haul of 6 medals at the London Olympics, the Government set the goal much higher by setting a target of 25 medals at the 2020 Games.
Shuttler PV Sindhu eked out the biggest win of her career when she beat Olympic champion Li Xuerui in the quarterfinals of the China Masters.
World No. 6 jiang yanjiao downed India's Saina Nehwal 21-17, 21-10 in the quarterfinals of Korea Open Super Series Premier at Seoul on Friday.
Saina Nehwal suffered a straight-game defeat at the hands of sixth seed Yanjiao Jiang of China in the quarterfinals to crash out of the Korea Super Series.
When Saina Nehwal is on a roll, it's near impossible to stop her, even if you were a silver medallist at the World Championship.
Despite tripping on the treadmill and suffering minor injuries, Saina Nehwal put on a brave front ahead of the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold, which gets underway at Bangkok on Tuesday.
After losing badly in Asian Games, Saina Nehwal has a chance to exact revenge over local girl Pui Yin Yip at the Hong Kong Super Series which starts on Monday.
Saina Nehwal faces defending champion jiang yanjiao of China in the first round of the Asian badminton Championship in Suwon.
Rising shuttler P V Sindhu showed indomitable spirit before going down fighting against world number seven Yanjiao Jiang of China in the women's singles quarterfinal of the India Open Super Series.
"She was good in the court and she moved well. She played an attacking game and retrieved quite a lot of shuttles at the net," Gopichand said after Sindhu's exploits at the Li Ning China Masters Super Series.
Saina Nehwal does not have many happy memories of the Indian Open. For some reason, success has eluded the World No. 2 shuttler for the past two years.
Her exploits against Chinese shuttlers have earned Saina Nehwal the nickname of ‘Dragon Slayer’. On Friday, another shuttler from Saina’s own city joined in the act.
After winning the Thailand Open, ace shuttler Saina Nehwal has turned her focus on Indonesia Super Series Premier where she has won twice before.
As soon as Chen Jin pulled out of his quarterfinal with P Kashyap at the India Open, the Olympic doors opened for the slayer of Boonsak Ponsana.
Indian ace Saina Nehwal will battle it out against a tough field at the Japan Open Super Series starting on Wednesday in Tokyo.
Sai Praneeth lent excitement to the script that would have otherwise seen India going down tamely at the Thomas Cup in Macau.