<p> India’s ace shuttler Saina Nehwal notched up a thrilling three-game win in Awadhe Warriors’ trump match to guide her team to a comfortable win over Bengaluru Top Guns in the Premier Badminton League (PBL) here on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Mixed doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Kim Wah Lim and men’s singles player Sameer verma won their respective matches to give Bengaluru a 2-0 lead but Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk of Thailand notched up a stunning win over K Srikanth in a Bengaluru’s Trump match to bring Awadhe Warriors back into the contest at 1-1.<br /><br />Saina then defeated Suo Di of Thailand in their trump match to take an unassailable 3-1 lead over Bengaluru Top Guns in the five-match tie.<br /><br />Starting the proceedings, Ashwini and Kim eked out a thrilling 15-13, 11-15, 15-13 win over Bodin Issara and K Maneesha to start Bengaluru’s campaign on a positive note.<br /><br />Sameer then stunned Sai Praneeth 15-13, 15-14 in a gruelling men’s singles contest to make it 2-0 in Bengaluru’s favour.<br /><br />In the second men’s singles, Bengaluru placed their faith on Srikanth in their trump match but Tanongsak stunned the World No 9 15-11, 15-8 to reduce their lead to 1-1. Srikanth lagged 6-8 in the first game but he soon drew level at 10-10 and then wrested control. But the left handed player played an extraordinary shot to draw level and again lead at 12-11 with a net play.</p>
<p> India’s ace shuttler Saina Nehwal notched up a thrilling three-game win in Awadhe Warriors’ trump match to guide her team to a comfortable win over Bengaluru Top Guns in the Premier Badminton League (PBL) here on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Mixed doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Kim Wah Lim and men’s singles player Sameer verma won their respective matches to give Bengaluru a 2-0 lead but Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk of Thailand notched up a stunning win over K Srikanth in a Bengaluru’s Trump match to bring Awadhe Warriors back into the contest at 1-1.<br /><br />Saina then defeated Suo Di of Thailand in their trump match to take an unassailable 3-1 lead over Bengaluru Top Guns in the five-match tie.<br /><br />Starting the proceedings, Ashwini and Kim eked out a thrilling 15-13, 11-15, 15-13 win over Bodin Issara and K Maneesha to start Bengaluru’s campaign on a positive note.<br /><br />Sameer then stunned Sai Praneeth 15-13, 15-14 in a gruelling men’s singles contest to make it 2-0 in Bengaluru’s favour.<br /><br />In the second men’s singles, Bengaluru placed their faith on Srikanth in their trump match but Tanongsak stunned the World No 9 15-11, 15-8 to reduce their lead to 1-1. Srikanth lagged 6-8 in the first game but he soon drew level at 10-10 and then wrested control. But the left handed player played an extraordinary shot to draw level and again lead at 12-11 with a net play.</p>