Sunday, December 6, 2009

Jwala-Diju in Super Series Masters finals, Saina loses in semis

Johor Bahru, Dec 5: India’s Valiyaveetil Diju and Jwala Gutta scored a sensational 21-19, 21-11 win over Poland’s Robert Mateusiak and Nadiezda Kostiuczyk to storm into the mixed doubles final of the World Super Series Masters Finals badminton at the Johor Bahru City Stadium here on Saturday.

However, top-seeded Indian Saina Nehwal went down 18-21, 18-21 to Juliane Schenk of Germany in the women’s singles semifinals. It was a strong comeback from world No 7. Jwala and Diju who had lost their opening Group match.

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