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  1. Swiss Open was special for Saina

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    / March 23, 2012 / 1 Comment
    It was like 2011 repeated itself in 2012. Like last year, Saina Nehwal lost in the quarters at All-England but went on to win the Swiss Open, for the second consecutive year. First the not-so-good part. At the All-England, Saina found it very difficult to adjust with the conditions. She...

  2. Saina excels across the Great Wall of China

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    / December 17, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Harvir Singh Nehwal   Saina has given cause for cheer just as 2011 is drawing to a close. This year, because she won only one Swiss Open title (compared to five in 2010), she was the target of criticism from people who were disappointed with her performance on court....

  3. Saina and a Wall of China called Xuerui Li

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    / October 28, 2011 / 2 Comments
     By Harvir Singh NehwalIt was an extremely close match in the second round of the French Open yesterday, that Saina Nehwal lost 18-21, 29-30 to Xuerui Li of China. Very few matches in the history of world badminton have gone the distance to a score of 29-30 and it showed...

  4. A final Saina should have won

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    / June 26, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Dr Harvir Singh Nehwal “Aate aate game nikal gaya” was the feeling I had when I saw Saina end up on the losing side in the finals of the Indonesian Open today against Yihan Wang. Having won the title twice in 2009 and 2010, she so badly wanted to...

  6. Saina will bounce back in Malaysia

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    / April 29, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By Harvir Singh NehwalThe first round exit of Saina Nehwal at the Indian Open in Delhi was a shocker. She was shattered after the loss especially because she has defeated her opponent, Ai Goto from Japan, thrice before. When she spoke to me after the match, I told her she brought...
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  7. India’s Swiss Miss

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    / March 23, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By Harvir Singh Nehwal   The day Saina lost her quarter-finals match at the All-England was really very sad. She kept telling me “Papa, I am not happy. I have come here to win.” The next three days, she locked herself in her room and did a thorough post-mortem of...

  9. My Saina, mera bachcha

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    / November 30, 2010 / 2 Comments
    I have a regret. I never bought a doll for my Saina to play with, when she was a kid. And everytime I think about it, I feel very emotional that as a father, I did not do enough for my daughter. I recall the first thing I and Saina’s...

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