2018 Indonesian Masters Badminton - India's Saina Nehwal loses to Tai Tzu Ying (Taiwan)Sunday Jan 28,2018

Saina Nehwal suffered her seventh straight defeat to world no.1 and old nemesis Tai Tzu Ying, going down in the summit clash of the USD 350,000 Indonesia Masters here on Sunday Jan 28,2018

Playing the final of an international tournament after a year, Saina, who is coming back from an ankle injury, failed to lift the veil of deception put by Tai Tzu and went down 9-21 13-21 in 27 minutes in a completely lop-sided final.

 

Tai Tzu has now defeated the former world No.1 Indian nine times in their last 10 meetings. Saina had enjoyed early success against the Taiwanese till 2011 but the Indian has beaten her only once at the 2013 Swiss Open ever since. The World No.12 was no match for Tai Tzu, who toyed with Saina with her supreme agility and deceptive returns.