After his dreams of winning All England Badminton Championship ended in agony with a final defeat an ailing Saina Nehwal on Sunday said it was his lack of concentration and nervousness that led to his loss. (Saina loses in Final)
Olympic bronze medalist Saina gave a great opportunity for the history of writing as an advantage of opener was wasted to lose 21-16 14-21 7-21 for the reigning world champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the final women’s singles. (Highlights)
“I just lost focus and started running, it was not right,” Nehwal said after the game.
“Playing against the best players anything can happen at any time, and you can always get nervous at some point in time. That’s what happened here,” he added.
It was a case of so near yet so far as the Indian world No. 3 could not emulate his longtime trainer Pullela Gopichand (2001) and the legendary Prakash Padukone (1980) does, who had won the prestigious title in the Last.
