Zee Media Bureau
Hyderabad: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal defeated Tai Tzu Ying 21-17, 14-21, 11-8 on Day 12 of the Indian Badminton League in the last league match of the tournament. This was Saina's fifth successive win.
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3rd GAME:
# Saina wins the match, her fifth in IBL, after Ying's return of serve went wide.
# Ying loses a point with a wrong judgement, 10-8. Two match points for Saina Nehwal.
# Ying wins a point, 8-9.
# Good cross court smash from Saina, she leads 9-7.
# Ying wins a point, 7-8.
# Ying fails to pick Saina's smash, 8-6 lead for Saina.
# Ying wins a point after Saina's dribble hits the nets, 6-7.
# Good deception from Saina, she leads 7-5.
# Ying's backhand goes wide, 6-5 lead for Saina at the first break point of the decider.
# Saina's return is short this time, scores level 5-5.
# Good aggression from Ying, 4-5.
# Ying's smash goes wide, Saina leads 5-3.
# Saina wins another point after Ying's shot goes long, 4-3 lead for Saina.
# Good rally between the two and once again, Ying's deception cost her a point, scores level 3-3.
# Ying's drop shot falls short, 2-3.
#Good smash from Ying, 3-1.
# Good cross court smash from Saina, 1-2.
# Ying wins another point, 2-0.
# Ying wins a point, 1-0.
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Ying has brought Saina under some sort of pressure in front of her home ground by bouncing back to win the second game.
2nd GAME:: YING won it 21-14
# And Ying wins the game 21-14.
# Saina's shot goes long, game point for Zing. Six of them, 20-14.
# Ying is targeting Saina's backhand, wins another point, 19-14.
# Ying wins another point after a good rally, 18-14.
# Excellent backhand from Ying, 17-14. Saina was clueless there.
# Saina wins a point, 14-16.
# Ying wins another point after Saina makes an error of judgement, 16-13.
# Rally of the match between the two, it ended when Ying's forehand went long, 13-15.
# Ying wins a point, 15-12 she leads.
# Saina wins a point with a down the line smash, 12-14.
# Aggression from Ying once again, she leads 14-11 at the second break point.
# Good play at the nets from Ying, she leads 13-11.
# Saina's cross court smash goes wide, 12-11 lead for Ying.
# Ying wins a close call, 11-11.
# Good cross court smash from Saina, 11-10 she leads.
# Ying's shot goes wide, 9-10.
# Ying wins a point, 10-8.
# Good judgement from Ying, 9-8 she leads.
# Saina's smash once again finds the net, 8-8.
# Good down the line smash from Saina once again, 8-7 she leads.
# Saina wins a point to level score 7-7.
# Ying wins a point, 7-6 she leads at the first break.
# Good smash from Saina this time, 6-6.
# Saina's smash hits the net, Ying leads 6-5.
# Saina wins another point, 5-5.
# Good deception from Saina, she leads 5-4.
# Good smash from Ying this time, she leads 5-3.
# Saina's shot goes wide, Ying leads 4-3.
# Ying wins another point, 3-3.
# Ying wins a point, 2-3.
# Saina wins another point, 3-1.
# Aggression from Saina, she leads 2-1.
# Yings wins the next point, 1-1.
# Saina wins the first point, 1-0.
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1st GAME:: SAINA WON IT 21-17
# Saina wins the game after Ying's shot hits the nets, 21-17.
# Saina reaches game point with a smash, 20-17. Three game points for Saina.
# Good aggressive smash from Saina, 19-17 she leads.
# Ying wins a point, 17-18. Saina wasn't happy with that call.
# Good play at the nets by Saina, she now leads 18-16.
# More aggressive play from Ying, 16-17.
# Saina's return of serve goes wide, 15-17.
# Deception from Ying, wins a point, 14-17.
# Ying's shot goes wide, 17-13.
# Good judgement from Ying, 13-16.
# Good body smash from Ying, 12-16.
# Good drop shot from Saina, 16-11.
# Good play at the nets from Ying, good dribble, 11-15.
# Saina wins another point, 15-10.
# Saina wins a point after back-to-back smashes, she now leads 14-10 at second break point.
# Saina's smash hits the net, 11-13.
# Good play from Ying after a superb rally, she wins the point, 10-13.
# Ying's smash goes wide, 13-9 lead for Saina.
# Good smash from Saina, 12-8.
# Ying wins a point as Saina's shot is wide, 8-11.
# Saina eyes Ying's backhand, wins another point 11-7.
# Ying wins another point, 7-10.
# Ying wins a point, 6-10.
# Saina wins another point, 10-5.
# Saina wins a point, 9-5.
# Ying wins a point, 5-8.
# Saina leads 8-4.
# Good deception from Ying but her shot goes wide, Saina leads 7-4 at first break point.
# Saina wins a point after Ying's shot falls short, 6-4 lead for Saina.
# Ying this time wins a point with some deception, 4-5.
# Ying's shot goes wide, Saina leads 5-3.
# Ying wins a point after Saina makes a wrong judgement, 3-4.
# Saina wins another point, leads 4-2.
# Good deception from Saina, good play the nets, 3-2 she leads.
# Saina wins a point, 2-2.
# Ying wins another point, leads 2-1.
# Saina wins a point, 1-1.
# Saina to serve. Ying wins the first point as Saina's smash goes wide, 1-0 lead for Ying.
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The crowd came to watch her local star play and Saina will be under some sort of pressure to play before her home crowd. Hyderabad Hotshots are leading their tie 1-0 against Banga Beats.
Saina Nehwal is still unbeaten in IBL 2013 where she has won four consecutive matches for Hyderabad Hotshots.