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Badminton Nationals: Saina defeats Sindhu to clinch second successive title
Last updated on Feb 16, 2019, 07:18 pm
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Indian women's singles ace Saina Nehwal beat heavyweight PV Sindhu to clinch the 83rd Yonex Sunrise Senior Badminton Nationals.
This was Saina's second successive and a fourth career title victory as well.
Saina surged past Sindhu 21-18, 21-15 in straight games to clinch the finale in Guwahati on Saturday.
Here is more on Saina's win.
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Twitter Post
Saina prevails in battle of shuttle queens
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. @NSaina - National Champion 2019
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) February 16, 2019
In the battle of the #ShuttleQueens, it was Saina Nehwal who dominated the proceedings to win the finals of Women's Singles at the Yonex Sunrise 83rd Senior Nationals with a scoreline of 21-18 21-15. Kudos! #IndiaontheRIse #SeniorNationals2019 pic.twitter.com/Hhe4gIQ7Kl -
Saina
Second successive title for Saina
![Second successive title for Saina]( "Second successive title for Saina")
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Saina had earlier beaten Sindhu in last edition's final in Nagpur.
Saina ensured that she kept a better head-to-head record against Sindhu in career meetings.
The 28-year-old used her powerful smashes in a superb manner against the two-time winner.
Back in 2018, Saina had also defeated 2016 Rio Olympics silver medallist Sindhu at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games summit clash.
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Praanav and Chirag win men's doubles title
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In the men's doubles category, Praanav Jerry Chopra and Chirag Shetty clinched the title. The two players beat top seeds Arjun MR and Shlok Ramchandran 21-13, 22-20 in just 33 minutes.
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Men's singles
Sourabh Verma wins third career men's singles title
![Sourabh Verma wins third career men's singles title]( "Sourabh Verma wins third career men's singles title")
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Meanwhile, Sourabh Verma completed a hat-trick of titles at the Senior Badminton Nationals.
He claimed the men's singles crown by defeating Lakshya Sen in straight games.
The 26-year-old, who had won the title in 2011 and 2017, showed great composure to outplay 17-year-old teenager Lakshya.
Sourabh beat the Asian junior champion, 21-18, 21-13 in a lop-sided contest.
