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In a career spanning just over a decade, Saina Nehwal has seen many triumphs all around the world. Her win at the Australian Open on Sunday was her 10th Superseries title and a second one in Sydney, making her the 1st player to win the competition.
We now look back at 5 of her best Superseries title wins:
5.India Open Superseries 2015
After winning the silver medal at the All England Championships in Birmingham, Saina Nehwal returned to India to compete in her home Superseries event at the Siri Fort Complex in New Delhi.
It was to prove to be a memorable event for more than one reason for the Indian. After breezing past two fellow Indian teammates in the form of Riya Mukherjee and Ruthvika Gadde, Saina defeated Hanna Ramadini and then beat Yui Hashimoto to set up a final clash against Ratchanak Intanon, who had got the better off Carolina Marin in the other semifinal.
In the final, the Indian enthralled the packed house at the venue to lift her maiden Superseries on home soil and along with go on top of the World Rankings.
Here are the highlights from that final:
4.Indonesia Open 2009
One of her more memorable triumphs, Saina won her maiden Superseries title in Jakarta in 2009, thereby becoming the 1st Indian to clinch the prestigious Superseries title. The Indian went past 3 top seeds en route to the title, beating the 3rd seed Lin Wang in three games to register her 1st Superseries title win ever.
3.Australian Open, 2016
After a series 5 semifinals defeats and a quarterfinal exit at the Indonesia Open last week, Saina entered the Australian Open, hoping to end the Superseries leg before the Rio Olympics on a positive note.
After breezing past her opponents in the opening two rounds, Saina took on Ratchanak Intanon in the quarterfinal and showed tremendous fight throughout, despite giving away 6 game point opportunities to win the opening game 28-26 and then won the second 21-16 to enter the semis.
In the semifinals, when many though Wang Yihan would pose a big threat, the Indian pulled out her A game, demolishing her opponent 21-8 21-12 to make her way into the final.
In the title clash, up against Sun Yu of China, Saina lost the opening game 11- 21. but fought back tenaciously to win the second game 21-14 and then held her nerve in the thrilling decider to win it 21-19 and with it also clinched her second Australian Open title in three years.
2.Denmark Open, 2012
Seeded number 3 in the competition, this was perhaps one of Saina’s more convincing wins. She began by playing Bae Yeon-Ji of Korea in the opening round and then gave the same treatment to Minatsu Mitani and Tine Baun of Denmark in straight games to make into the semifinals.
In the semis, Saina was holding all aces against China's Wang Yihan, who was the top seed, winning the opening game 21-12 and leading 12-7 in the second, before her opponent suffered an injury and had to withdraw.
Up against Julien Schenk in the final, Saina brought her A game out and won 21-17 21-8 to lift her maiden title in Copenhagen.
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.
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:
