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1.Indonesia Open, 2012
The situation was similar to the one Saina is facing at the moment. The Olympics were just a few days away and the Indian was looking to get some valuable match practice under her belt. The venue was Jakarta and Saina was looking to win her third title in the Indonesian capital.
She began her campaign, facing off against Japan’s Sayaka Sato and clinched a thriller in three games, 12-21 21-14 21-17 to make it into the next round. Th second round saw the Indian face off against Aprilia Yuswandari of Indonesia, who despite being a qualifier, gave the Indian a real scare, eventually losing in a pulsating three-game contest.
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The real challenge for the Indian was up next when she squared off against the third seed, Wang Shixian, and yet another nail biter, she prevailed in three games to enter the semifinals.
The semis, incidentally, proved to be her only two game win of the whole competition as she went past Sung Ji-Hyun of Korea 22-20 21-18 and then in a match worthy of a final, defeated China’s Li Xuerui 21-13 20-22 21-19 to lift the title in Jakarta.
Here are the highlights from that final:
