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Saina goes down fighting

Birmingham: Saina Nehwal went down fighting against the third-seeded Chen Wang of Hong Kong in a women's singles second round match of the All England badminton championships here on Thursday.

Saina, ranked 28, lost to the World No. 3 21-17, 13-21, 16-21 after a 51-minute battle.

The results (second round): Men: Lin Dan bt Simon Santosa 21-14, 21-18; Sony Dwi Kuncoro bt Muhammad Hafiz Hashim 21-11, 21-14; Bao Chunlai bt Richard Vaughan 15-21, 21-12, 21-8; Chen Yu bt Boonsak Ponsana 21-14, 21-10; Lee Chong Wei bt Kasper Oedum 21-16, 21-16; Kenneth Jonassen bt Park Sung-hwan 21-16, 18-21, 21-17; Chen Jin bt Ng Wei 21-17, 21-18; Shoji Sato bt Dicky Palyama 21-10, 21-14. Women: Jiang Yanjiao bt Wong Pei Xian Julia 21-13, 21-12; Xu Huaiwen bt Petya Nedeltcheva 21-13, 21-18; Pi Hongyan bt Juliane Schenk 21-12, 21-8; Wong Mew Choo bt Wang Lin 18-21, 21-17, 21-14; Xie Xingfang bt Salakijt Ponsana 21-10, 21-9; Zhu Lin bt Ella Karachkova 21-17, 21-8; Zhang Ning bt Hwang Hye Youn 21-18, 21-8; Wang Chen bt Saina Nehwal 17-21, 21-13, 21-16. — AP

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