China Open Superseries Finals: Li Xuerui bt Saina Nehwal

Match point and Nehwal loses the final in straight games. Li Xuerui beats her 21-12, 21-15 for the title.

Li has fought back to equalise at 14 all with Nehwal.

Li fights back, but Nehwal has a 4-point lead. 12-8 to the Indian in the second game.

Nehwal has staved off Xuerui to go 10-5 now.

Nehwal leads 5-2 in the second game.. but a forced error takes it to 5-3 in the India's favour.

Xuerui took the lead and held on firmly! She's won the first game 21-12.

Li hits a blinder and takes an 12-6 lead over Nehwal.

Nehwal is not generally strong against Xuerui, and after taking a 4-1 lead she's now down 6-4 in the first game.

This is the pair's 12th meeting. Of their last 11 meetings, Xuerui has won 9; they last met at the semis of the Malaysia Open Superseries.

Saina is the reigning champion at the event and the top seed. She has dropped to World No. 2 in the rankings after a period at the top.