Ace
shuttler Saina Nehwal earned India its third medal at the London Games,
clinching a bronze under fortuitous circumstances as her opponent and
world number two Xin Wang of China conceded the third-place play off
match due to a knee injury after winning the first game. The fourth
seeded Indian had saved four game points in a dramatic fightback and was
18-20 when left-handed Xin twisted her knee while going for an
acrobatic smash from the baseline and took on-court treatment for the
injury.
However, she was back on the court after wrapping her left knee in bandage and immediately attacked Saina's serve to win the point and the game to be 1-0 up. But after winning the first point in the second game, Xin could not continue and was wincing in pain before shaking hands with Saina to concede the match and the bronze medal to the 22-year-old Indian ace. Saina thus became the first Indian badminton player to win a medal at the Olympic Games.
However, she was back on the court after wrapping her left knee in bandage and immediately attacked Saina's serve to win the point and the game to be 1-0 up. But after winning the first point in the second game, Xin could not continue and was wincing in pain before shaking hands with Saina to concede the match and the bronze medal to the 22-year-old Indian ace. Saina thus became the first Indian badminton player to win a medal at the Olympic Games.
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