<p>Indian ace Saina Nehwal sailed into the All England Championships semifinal after beating her Chinese nemesis Wang Yihan for the first time in more than two years here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The third seeded Indian prevailed 21-19 21-6 in a 39-minute contest against the fifth seed, who had an intimidating 8-1 overall record against Saina before the match.<br /><br />Saina will now face another Chinese Sun Yu in the last-four stage. Yu advanced after her Thai rival, eighth seed Ratchanok Intanon, retired midway through the match with the Chinese player leading 21-11 19-21 19-13.<br /><br />It was an impressive performance by Saina in her quarterfinal match as she got past Yihan, whose only previous loss to the Indian was forced by injury.<br /><br />The opening game was a neck and neck battle but Saina kept her composure to outwit Yihan and take the early initiative.<br /><br />The second game was Saina all the way as Yihan crumbled rather inexplicably.</p>
<p>Indian ace Saina Nehwal sailed into the All England Championships semifinal after beating her Chinese nemesis Wang Yihan for the first time in more than two years here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The third seeded Indian prevailed 21-19 21-6 in a 39-minute contest against the fifth seed, who had an intimidating 8-1 overall record against Saina before the match.<br /><br />Saina will now face another Chinese Sun Yu in the last-four stage. Yu advanced after her Thai rival, eighth seed Ratchanok Intanon, retired midway through the match with the Chinese player leading 21-11 19-21 19-13.<br /><br />It was an impressive performance by Saina in her quarterfinal match as she got past Yihan, whose only previous loss to the Indian was forced by injury.<br /><br />The opening game was a neck and neck battle but Saina kept her composure to outwit Yihan and take the early initiative.<br /><br />The second game was Saina all the way as Yihan crumbled rather inexplicably.</p>