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Malaysia Masters 2017: Saina Nehwal vs Pornpawee Chochuwong Final Live Commentary and Match Updates

Saina Nehwal wins the title with a 22-20, 22-20 win.

Updated: 22 January 2017 14:36 IST - Published: 22 January 2017 13:00 IST

That wraps up our live coverage of the 2017 Malaysia Masters. Hope you enjoyed it. Goodbye!

Let us hope that this is the start of better things for Saina Nehwal this year.

Last year, it was PV Sindhu who won this title. This year, it is Saina Nehwal!!!

The spectators at the stadium have gone crazy!

And Chochuwong's shot drifts long. SAINA WINS, 22-20, 22-20

The Thai's shot lands long and match point to Saina

FOUR MATCH POINTS SAVED!!!!!!

Saina finds the net and it is 20-20.

Saina misses a crosscourt-around-the-head smash and it is 20-19

Error at the net and it is 20-18

One match point saved.

Saina has now gone up, 20-16

What a fantastic spinning net shot from Saina and she is up 18-16.

Fabulous shot from the Thai that just floated over the net, 16-17.

Somehow she does find enough spirit to produce a great angular shot, 15-17.

Chochuwong is struggling with her movement now.

What a fantastic deception by Saina at the net! Up now 17-14

Errors coming thick and fast from Chochuwong and her body language too isn't good. Saina up 15-13.

Nehwal has inched ahead to 14-12 after a couple of errors by the Thai.

It continues to be a gritty affair. 12-12

And it is 11-11

The 19-year-old has taken a couple of points post-break.

At the break, Saina Nehwal leads 11-8.

BIG SMASH down-the-line from Saina, 10-8

As the Thai made an error at the net at 8-8, Saina inches ahead to 9-8.

It is still pretty much a neck-and-neck battle even though Saina looks more confident now.

It is 8-7 for Saina.

After the first game loss, the Thai has somehow lost a big of that spirit and Nehwal too has changed her tactics a bit.

WHAT A RALLY!!!!!!!! But this one goes to the Thai and she is now trailing 6-7.

The Thai can't return and it is 7-4 for Nehwal

And now the Indian has rocketed to 6-4.

Big body smash from Nehwal to keep things at par, 4-4.

Nehwal has since taken control and has levelled it 3-3

GAME 2

In the exact same fashion like they started the first game, Chochuwong has opened up a 3-0 lead.

WOW WHAT A COMEBACK THAT WAS!!!!!!!!!! Never ever count out the fighter in Saina Nehwal!!!!!

The stadium has erupted after Saina took the lead!!!!!!

AND SAINA CONVERTS!!!!!!!!! The first game goes to Saina Nehwal, 22-20.

The Thai's high shot is blocked by the net and Saina is up 21-20

Saina saved a game point there.

IT IS 20-20

But the Thai rushes to the net to find a great putaway for 20-19

SAINA HAS COME BACK TO MAKE IT 19-19 WITH A SUPERB NET SHOT

Chochuwong finds the net, 19-18

Another error at the net and her lead is 19-17

Great shot from the Thai and it is 19-16

Another error forced by Saina. The Thai is up 18-16

Now the Thai's high shot is blocked by the net. She leads 18-15

But she finds the net in her next shot to trail 14-18

Saina finds the corner of the court for a smash, 14-17.

Nehwal overdoing things a bit here and it can prove costly. She trails 13-17 now.