Saina Nehwal plays Japanese left-hander Sayaka Sato in her second match of the World Superseries Finals, Group-B. The top two finishers from each group will qualify for the semifinals. Each group has four players. Saina’s group includes Bae Youn Joo, whom she beat in her first match, Sayaka Sato, and Chinese world No.3 Wang Xin.
Dev S Sukumar is the recipient of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Media Award, 2011. He is India's most widely travelled badminton writer, having covered several international tournaments, including the Olympics, the Asian Games, the CWG Games, World Championships, the All England, the Denmark Open, the Malaysia Open, etc. He has covered badminton for over ten years now. During this period he has met fascinating characters, witnessed great matches, and has authored a biography of Indian badminton great Prakash Padukone. He has written on the game for several publications, including Sports Illustrated, Mint, Badminton Asia magazine, The New Indian Express, Hindustan Times, DNA and IANS.
He tweets at twitter.com/shuttlemania
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