Pakistan One of the Safest Place in the World to Play Cricket: Chris GaylePakistan One of the Safest Place in the World to Play Cricket: Chris GaylePakistan One of the Safest Place in the World to Play Cricket: Chris GayleIndian Star Shuttler Saina Nehwal was also knocked out of the Malaysia Masters tournament just after defending world champion PV Sindhu's defeat. Saina was defeated by Olympic champion Carolina Marin of Spain 8-21, 7-21 in the second quarter-final. The match ended in 30 minutes. After this defeat, India's hopes in the tournament are over. Earlier in the men's section, Sameer Verma, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy and Sai Praneeth also bowed out of the tournament. Saina and Marin, ranked 11th in the world rankings, have had 13 matches so far. In this, Marin has won 7 while Saina has won 6 matches. The last match between the two took place in January 2019. At the same time, world number-2 player Tai Tzu Ying and world number-6 Sindhu faced each other for 17 times. In these, World Champion Sindhu won 5 matches and lost 12.
Saina once took a 5 point lead over Caroline in the opening game. The score at that time was 11-6. However, Marin made a brilliant comeback, giving the Indian shuttler just two more points and winning the first game 21-8. After this, Saina could not make a comeback in the match and Marin won the second game 21-7 to enter the semi-finals.
In the first quarterfinal of the day, Sindhu was defeated by Chinese Taipei's Tzu Ying 16-21 16-21 in straight sets. The match ended in 36 minutes. This is Sindhu's second consecutive defeat to Ying. Earlier, the Indian shuttler lost to the Chinese Taipei player at the French Open in October last year. Sindhu defeated Japan's Aya Ohori 21-10 21-15 to advance to the quarter-finals.
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