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#3 Saina Nehwal
That age is just a number, Saina Nehwal showed in ample amounts at the Denmark Open last week. At 28, she is the oldest player in the current women’s singles top 10. Yet that hasn’t ebbed her fighting spirit or her hunger.
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In Odense, it was a resurgent Saina who stole the show by beating the two in-form Japanese superstars -- Akane Yamaguchi and Nozomi Okuhara -- on her way to the final. Even in the summit clash, she managed to take a game off the irrepressible World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying, which was the first time in three years she was able to do so.
That raises hopes of a promising performance from the former World No. 1 this week as well. Nehwal is drawn to face the former world champion Okuhara once more in the early stages of the tournament. Considering the improved fitness she showed last week, it will not be wrong to expect her to repeat her heroics in Paris too.
