08 November,2017 09:49 AM IST | Nagpur | PTI
Saina Nehwal will take on PV Sindhu in the women's final, while K Srikanth will play HS Prannoy in men's at Nagpur
Olympic medallists Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu will battle for supremacy in the women's singles final of the Senior Badminton National Championship after scoring contrasting victories here yesterday.
PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal team up against Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei during the Legends Vision tour at NSCI, Worli recently. Pic/Atul Kamble
Nehwal, who is currently ranked World No. 11, hardly broke a sweat as she defeated fifth seed Anura Prabhudesai 21-11, 21-10, while World No 2 and top seed Sindhu was surprisingly stretched by Ruthvika Shivani before prevailing 17-21, 21-15, 21-11 in the semi-finals.
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In the men's singles, it will be a clash between World No 2 Kidambi Srikanth and giant-killer HS Prannoy in a repeat of their semi-final battle at the French Open Super Series a little over a week ago.
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Second seed Prannoy overcame Subhankar Dey 21-14, 21-17, while top seed Srikanth saw off young rising shuttler Lakshya Sen 21-16, 21-18. Nehwal hasn't competed at the Senior Nationals since winning back-to-back titles in 2006 and 2007, while Sindhu too gave it a miss after winning the 2011 and 2013 editions.
