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The London Olympics bronze medallist was trailing 4-10 in the opening game when Marin decided to withdraw from the contest. (Photo: AP)

Saina Nehwal clinches Indonesia Masters after Carolina Marin limps out...

Saina Nehwal claimed her first BWF title in two years after Carolina Marin limped out of the Indonesia Masters final due...

27 Jan 2019 3:40 PM IST

Nehwal reached the finals at the last edition. (Photo: AP)

Indonesia Masters: Saina Nehwal overpowers He Bingjiao to enter finals

The 28-year-old from Hyderabad notched up a come-from-behind 18-21 21-12 21-18 triumph over sixth seed Bingjiao,

26 Jan 2019 4:54 PM IST

The two-time Commonwealth Games champion will next face the winner of the quarterfinal match between two Chinese shuttlers -- He Bingjiao and Chen Xiaoxin. (Photo: AFP)

Indonesia Masters: Saina Nehwal sails into semis, Srikanth bows out in...

Eight seed Saina beat Thailand's Pornpawee Chochuwong 21-7 21-18 to make it to the last four of women's singles here.

25 Jan 2019 4:34 PM IST

Sindhu, seeded second, defeated Tunjung 23-21, 21-7 in 37 minutes to make the last-eight stage of her season-opener.(Photo: AFP)

Indonesia Masters: PV Sindhu beats Gregoria Mariska Tunjung to reach...

The Indian faced some competition in the opening game but dominated the second to keep her unbeaten record against...

24 Jan 2019 2:42 PM IST

Saina, who had reached the semifinals last week at the Malaysia Masters, recovered from a first-game loss to secure a 7-21 21-16 21-11 win over local hope Dinar Dyah Ayustine, ranked 50th.(Photo: AP)

Indonesia Masters: Saina reaches second round as Praneeth, Subhankar...

Saina recovered from a first-game loss to secure a 7-21 21-16 21-11 win over local hope Dinar Dyah Ayustine, ranked...

23 Jan 2019 4:24 PM IST

Danielle Collins of the US celebrates her 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 win over Russias Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarterfinal on Tuesday. (Photo: AFP)

Rafael Nadal brushes aside Tiafoe

Kvitova will face unseeded American Collins in the semi-final on Thursday.

23 Jan 2019 5:17 AM IST

Saina Nehwal had an impressive start to the season, losing semifinal spot at Malaysia Masters. (Photo: AFP)

PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth to compete at Indonesia...

Nehwal and Srikanth will aim to continue their impressive run when they start their campaign at the Indonesia Masters.

21 Jan 2019 4:05 PM IST

Saina has defeated Marin five times and has lost to the Spaniard as many times in the last 10 meetings. (Photo: AP)

Malaysia Masters: Carolina Marin overpowers Saina Nehwal, advances to...

The Spaniard presented Nehwal with no chance whatsoever to make a comeback.

19 Jan 2019 11:35 AM IST

#MeToo educated both men and women about responsibilities towards...

The current #MeToo movement has brought in a lot of awareness recently about the sexual harassment of women at work...

19 Jan 2019 9:24 AM IST

A gritty Saina Nehwal scripted a hard-fought straight-game win over former world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan to enter the womens singles semifinals of the USD 350,000 Malaysia Masters on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

Malaysia Masters 2019: Saina Nehwal tames Nozomi Okuhara to enter...

Saina will face a tough test next when she faces three-time world champion Carolina Marin of Spain on Saturday.

18 Jan 2019 3:38 PM IST

Saina, seeded seventh, took 39 minutes to tame Hong Kongs Pui Yin Yip 21-14 21-16 in her second round womens singles encounter. (Photo: AP)

Malaysia Masters 2019: Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth stroll into...

Parapulli Kashyap, however, bowed out of the tournament along with women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki...

17 Jan 2019 5:28 PM IST

Saina will play second seed Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the last-eight stage of the first Super 500 tournament of the year on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Malaysia Masters 2019: Saina Nehwal reaches quarterfinal, set to face...

Saina, seeded seventh, took 39 minutes to tame Hong Kong's Pui Yin Yip 21-14 21-16 in her second round encounter.

17 Jan 2019 11:48 AM IST