It was World championship bronze medallist Nehwal's first final in over a year
Saina and Sindhu have clashed twice in the international circuit so far with both winning once
Saina will take on reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin in the next round
A confident Saina Nehwal brushed aside the challenge of Sabrina Jaquet in straight games
Hong Kong Open finalist, Sameer reached quarterfinals with a shocking win in a 40-minute match
Akshay Kumar also donated Rs 1.08 crore to the families of the 12 CRPF soldiers
She pulled off a 22-20, 22-20 win in 46 minutes to bag her first title after a knee surgery
It was Nehwal's first title victory since making a comeback from injury at the China Open
Both Saina and Sai Praneeth suffered straight-game losses against Chinese opponents
Saina dominated the early stages of the second game, putting the local favourite under pressure
Sindhu bags her maiden Super Series Premier title last week at China
Nehwal will be a part of the 18-member Athlete's Commission, chaired by American Ice Hockey Olympic champion Angela Ruggiero
It is a huge set back for her and it depends how fast she recovers, said her father Harvir Singh
The injury according to her happened during training before the Olympics and it got worse during the match
The ace shuttler has recently clinched her 2nd Australian Open title
Nehwal eked out a 11-21 21-14 21-19 over the World No. 12 Sun; this is Saina's second Australian Open victory
The Indian ace shuttler dominated the game right from the start by beating Wang Yihan of China
The eighth-seeded Indian, who has won three times at Jakarta, was beaten 22-24, 11-21 by her Spanish opponent in a contest that lasted 47 minutes
Saina has now beaten the Korean nine times in 13 meetings