05 December,2009 10:36 AM IST | | AFP
Top seed Saina Nehwal of India booked her place in the women's semi-finals, beating Thailand's Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 21-13, 21-19 at the BWF World Super Series Masters Finals yesterday.
The 19-year-old, a semi-finalist last year, needed a win in her final Group A match to advance in the USD 500,000 tourney after losing to Wong Mew Choo of Malaysia in her first match. Nehwal stopped Porntip with some brilliant badminton in a 33-minute encounter.
