Saina wins Swiss Open title

New Delhi, Mar 20 (PTI) Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal
notched up her first title of the year, clinching the Swiss
Open Grand Prix Gold trophy with a straight-game victory in
the summit clash against Ji Hyun Sung of Korea in Switzerland
on Sunday.
Second seed Saina beat Ji Hyun 21-13 21-14 in 43 minutes
to make amends for her quarterfinal exit from the All England
Super Series in Birmingham last week.
The world number four Indian had beaten the unseeded
Korean, ranked 19th, during the first round of Indonesia Open
Super Series last year.
Saina, who had a subdued beginning to the year after
recovering from a ligament injury, showed her mettle all
through the tournament to swell her trophy cabinet.
Ji Hyun tried to keep pace with Saina till 7-7 but the
Indian was indomitable as she broke off from their and surged
ahead with gaint strides to pocket the first game comfortably.
In the second game, Saina was ruthless as she opened
a four-point lead at 7-3, and held fort to canter to her
first title of the season.
The 21-year-old Saina had won three Super Series titles
last year -- Singapore, Indonesia and Hong Kong Open --
besides winning the Commonwealth Games gold and India Grand
Prix gold.
She also won the Indonesian Super Series in 2009 besides
winning the Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold in 2008