Saina Nehwal crashed out in the semifinal of the Badminton Asia Championships

Indian star Saina Nehwal crashed out against her fierce Chinese opponent Yihan Wang in the semifinal of the Badminton Asia Championships on Saturday.

The 26-year-old Indian failed to match the sharp play from Yihan as she went down 16-21, 14-21 in 41 minutes at the Wuhan Sports Center.

This loss was the 2015 World Championship runner-up’s 11th in 15 meetings against the 2011 world champion and 2012 silver medallist.

Even though the world No.8 Indian started on a decent note, making it 9-6 before the world No.6 Chinese equalised 10-all. Then Yihan upped the ante with a dominant performance. Four points at a stretch meant it was 14-10 and after Saina took a point, another two quick points for Yihan made it 16-11.