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.

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