Asian Games 2018, Badminton, Women's Singles, Quarterfinal, Day 8: Saina Nehwal vs Ratchanok Intanon, Live Score, Latest Updates & Results

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Updated: 26 August 2018 13:52 IST - Published: 26 August 2018 10:48 IST

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What a comeback that was from Saina after a poor start!

And don't go anywhere as we might have another medal coming up!

PV Sindhu will be in action soon!!!!

Final score: Nehwal def Intanon 21-18, 21-16 to enter the semi-finals.

This is India's first individual medal since Syed Modi won a bronze at the 1982 Games.

This is India's first ever women's singles medal at the Asian Games!!!!!

How fitting it is that the woman who started a badminton revolution, gets it!!!

And what a way to confirm her first individual Asiad medal!!!!!

A brilliant rally ends with a Saina forehand winner into the corner!!!!!

Nehwal wins a MEDAL at the Asian Games for the first time!

Nehwal WINS!!!!

Medal points for Saina!

The Thai gets a couple of points now

Trails 16-19

Just two points away from a medal

Saina up 19-14 now

Finally Ratchanok comes up with a deceptive net shot to get the better of the Indian.

17-14 for Nehwal

It's 17-12 for Nehwal

Nehwal, on the other hand, is flourishing as she brings out winner after winner!

No sharpness any more in her shots and that gifts Saina a flurry of points.

Nehwal up 16-11

Ratchanok looks a bit subdued now. Absolutely lacking in the confidence she started the match with.

It's 13-11 for the Indian now.

Ratchanok pulled back one more point through a deceptive net shot.

Nehwal up 11-9 at the midgame break

But the Thai undoes her good work with a couple of errors right after that.

Nehwal up 10-8

Ratchanok is slowly closing in now!

Trails by 1 point at 7-8

Ratchanok is desperate now! And she is showing it by consistently going for down the line smashes!

6-8

The Thai pulls back one point and Saina now leads 7-4

The Indian fans are screaming their hearts out at the Istora!

And Saina delivering!

Up 6-3

Nehwal maintains her two-point advantage!

5-3

Saina is still up 4-2.

Still looking very, very pumped up!!

And Saina is already being very, very aggressive.

It's 3-1 to Saina!

It's 1-1 to begin the second game with.

That was an outstanding turnaround by the Indian!

She trailed for most of the game, yet managed to hang in there and get the game!

That's why she is such a big champion!!!!!!

Saina takes the first game 21-18

Poor play from Ratchanok!

Game points to Saina!

Excellent retrieving by Nehwal forces the Thai to err at the net!

Saina in the lead for the first time at 19-18

Big crosscourt smash from Nehwal!!!

18-18

Ratchanok takes the next point.

18-17

Again a crosscourt drop from Saina after a brilliant rally!

Saina has levelled this!

17-17

And Saina outfoxed Ratchanok at the net as well!

Saina trails by just one point!

16-17

3 quick points for Saina, who is moving better and making Ratchanok move all over the court.

Saina 14-17

Beautiful jump smash right on the sideline from the Thai!

Ratchanok up 17-11

Right now Ratchanok is up 16-11

Saina can't control a tight spinning shot from the Thai.

Another couple of points for the Indian and she has now closed the gap to just four points.

10-14

But she sends the shuttle long soon after!

Saina trails 8-14

Now Saina trails 8-13

And there is a little scream from Nehwal!

Is she finally finding her feet?

Saina is going for dropshot now!

That has given her at least a little bit of confidence.

Saina takes 3 points in a row and now trails 6-12

Finally an injection of pace into Saina's shots! Moved brilliantly and got back one point.

This is a very slow start for Saina. She really needs to pull her socks up!

It's 11-3 for the Thai at the midgame interval.

Ratchanok is anticipating the Saina shots very well.

One backhand flip over the net to tackle Saina!

Ratchanok is up to 10-3

Finally one powerful smash from Saina but she makes a mistake soon enough right after that.

8-3 to the Thai