Olympic Badminton

Olympic Badminton

The badminton competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 9 to August 17.

Nehwal knocks sixth seed out of Badminton Women's Singles


(BEIJING, August 11) -- World No. 15 Saina Nehwal of India beat sixth seed Wang Chen of Hong Kong in the Badminton Women's Singles round of 16 on Monday, August 11.

World No. 6 Wang lost the first game 21-19 to Nehwal, though she reached 19 first when her opponent only had 16.

The second game saw Wang regain her momentum and win 21-11.

However, Nehwal led 6-0 at the beginning of the tiebreaker and kept this lead to win with the same score as the previous game, 21-11.

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