Mumbai: Good wishes poured in for Saina Nehwal on Twitter when she produced a dominating performance to lift her second title of the season, winning the USD 750,000 Star Australian Super Series after beating Spain's Carolina Marin in the summit clash here on Sunday.
The 24-year-old Saina, who enjoyed a 1-0 head-to-head record against Marin received congratulatory tweets from Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan and Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Congratulations @NSaina for winning the Australian Open Super Series title. You make India & Indian sports proud.
— N Chandrababu Naidu (@ncbn) June 29, 2014T 1530 - Saina Nehwal WINS ..!! Australian Open .. Congratulations !! HINDUSTAN ZINDABAD !!
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) June 29, 2014
Congratulations @NSaina on the #AusOpen win! RT @NSaina: With the Australian Open trophy. Great moment!!!!! pic.twitter.com/qo3iFrFOM3
— Twitter India (@TwitterIndia) June 29, 2014She logged the first point and displayed some deft net play against her rival, stroking in some delectably timed volleys to take a 5-2 lead in the opening game.
After the interval, Saina kept up the pressure, regularly inducing errors from Marin, who struggled to maintain the intensity she displayed in the opening game.
Congratulations to Saina Nehwal on winning the Australian Open Badminton Title! India is proud of you! #Saina #SainaNehwal
— KABIR BEDI (@iKabirBedi) June 29, 2014But there was to be some moments of drama before the win came about.
Leading 19-9, Saina challenged a line call that went against her but replays showed that the shuttle had in fact landed wide. The Indian made another mistake while playing the very next point as she buried an attempted smash into the net.
But Saina made amends quite quickly and clinched the title after Marin lobbed a shuttle wide.
TDP congratulates Sania Nehwal for winning the Australian Open Super Series and making our nation proud! http://t.co/dp8OMg7mfG
— Telugudesam Party (@JaiTDP) June 29, 2014This win will prove to be very beneficial for her in upcoming games-Harvir Nehwal,Saina's father on Saina wins Australian open super series
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 29, 2014Congratulations @NSaina for winning the Australian Open Super Series title. We are proud of you.— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) June 29, 2014Congrats Saina Nehwal! U make us proud! Yay!
— Bipasha Basu (@bipsluvurself) June 29, 2014And the perennially awesome @NSaina wins the Aus Open! Send some love to our Indian warrior in between the #WorldsCup euphoria! Jai Hind
— atul kasbekar (@atulkasbekar) June 29, 2014Congratulations to @NSaina for winning the #AustralianOpen super series. Well done!
— Naveen Jindal (@MPNaveenJindal) June 29, 2014 
