All England Open 2018: Saina Nehwal vs Tai Tzu Ying, Live Match Updates

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She was forced to a lot of legwork, running all over the court. And she also had to put a bit of pressure on the knee as she had to retrieve a lot of low shots. And Saina looked untroubled by that, which should be a good sign. Let us hope Saina can build on this and notch up some good results in the rest of the season.

It was always supposed to be a very tough opener for Nehwal. But considering her past few performances against the World No. 1, the former All England runner-up did pretty well. Her movement and fitness looked quite good and her overall display was encouraging. If she can remain injury-free and if the draws favour her in her next few tournaments, she can get some good results.

Final score: Tai def Nehwal 21-14, 21-18 in 37 minutes

The shuttle goes out from Saina!

It's all over for the Indian!

Two match points for Tai!

What a drop from Tai!

19-18

Tai sends the shuttle wide!

18-18

And Saina is struggling to keep up with the pace!

18-17 goes up Tai

And she finds the corner!

17-17

Sharp crosscourt shot whipped by Tai!

16-17

Backhand goes long from Tai!

Saina 17-15

And she gets yet another point.

15-16

Beautiful drop from Tai!

Saina 16-14

Saina on the floor!

Tai gets a down the line winner!

Saina 16-13

Now Saina makes an error at the net.

16-12

Once more she makes the same mistake!

Saina 16-11

Yet another!

15-11 for Saina

Another one into the net!

Saina 14-11

Now Tai is blocked by the net!

Saina 13-11

Now Tai is slowly coming back.

Down the line and she is back to 11-12

Big smash from Saina and she is up 12-9

First point to Tai after the break.

9-11

Down the line goes Saina!

She is up 11-8 at the midgame interval

Another point in favour of Tai!

8-10

Tai gets a couple of points here.

Trails 7-10

Saina is doing a lot of legwork to retrieve the points.

Saina is having to stoop and pick up a lot of low shots!

10-5

And Saina adds another 2 points.

9-5

Tai continues to miss the lines.
Saina up to 7-5

Smash and Saina up 6-4

Now Saina is having trouble with the length of her shots.

5-4

Very fast points currently

And Saina is now 5-2

Now Saina pushes the shuttle long.

4-2

And Saina races ahead to 4-1

A few unforced errors from Tai early on in this game.

Saina 3-1

Woah! Tai sends the shuttle out of the court!

Saina 2-1

And it is 1-1

Game 2

First point to Saina

But that was pretty encouraging from the Indian.

Can she fight back in Game 2?

Saina played brilliantly till 14-14 but Tai simply raised her level after that and took the game away from the Indian.

And Tai gets the first game!

21-14

Saina gifts a loose point

It's 19-14 to Tai

Deadly crosscourt from Tai!

Saina has no answer!

18-14

And the gap is increasing.

17-14

And Tai builds on the lead.

16-14

Tai once more up to 15-14

Saina's footwork has been brilliant so far

All England Open 2018: Saina Nehwal vs Tai Tzu Ying, Live Match Updates

Tai def Nehwal 21-14, 21-18 to enter R2