Saina Nehwal's angels script Uber Cup history
'Raising the bar' has been Saina Nehwal's calling card for years. The Hyderabadi diehard and her team of gutsy shuttlers made Uber Cup history on Thursday, taking India into the semifinals for the first time in modern era of the tournament with a 3-0 win over Indonesia.
India now face Japan - who beat Denmark - in the semifinals to be played at the Siri Fort Complex on Friday.
The Indian captain paved the way for her team's triumph, winning the first match against Lindaweni Fanetri. Her understudy, 18-year-old PV Sindhu, survived a scare and an attack of nerves to get the better of Bellartrix Manuputty to make it 2-0.
The pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa then gave the finishing touches to a campaign which will be remembered for years.
Saina came to know about her QF opponents well past midnight on Wednesday. Indonesia and its top singles player Fanetri were not going to give the Indian captain a sleepless night.
"Following the victory over Ratchanok Intanon (World No. 4 from Thailand), there was nothing much to think about," a confident Saina said moments after knocking out Fanetri 21-17, 21-10.
The vociferous, partisan crowd realized that history was being created when Sindhu saved two match points in the third game to finally emerge bruised but not beaten. She got past Bellartrix Manuputty (world No. 24) 21-16, 10-21, 25-23.
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