17 June,2011 07:57 AM IST | | IANS
Defending champion and fourth seed Saina Nehwal crashed out of the Singapore Open Super Series badminton after losing to Cheng Chieh Shao of Chinese Taipei 21-8, 10-21, 19-21 in the second round here yesterday.
The first two sets were a one-sided affair but the decider went down to the wire in a match that lasted 52 minutes.
It was the first ever meeting between the two players and it was the World No 10 Cheng who got the better of the fourth-ranked Indian. Cheng will face Tine Baun of Denmark in the quarter-final.
