NAGPUR: Former world No. 1 Saina Nehwal snapped her three-match losing streak when she got the better of young shuttler Malvika Bansod in the opening round of the Singapore Open Super 500 badminton tournament on Wednesday.
Up against her idol for the second time in career, 20-year-old Malvika played positively and went into the break with 11-9 advantage while maintaining a marginal 18-16 lead in the first game. As luck would have it, two close calls went against Malvika and Saina displayed some classy strokes in the dying stage to score five successive points on her way to win the 17-minute first game 21-18.
