A Chinese opponent conceded a match against Saina Nehwal for the second successive time as the world number four Indian stayed on course for her maiden Denmark Super Series title.
Saina, who bagged the London Olympic bronze medallist when Xin Wang conceded the bronze medal play off, went through the final after world champion and top seed Yihan Wang had to conceded their semifinal encounter due to a knee injury.
Saina, who had lost her earlier six encounters against the world champion, took time to find her rhythm but once the world number four hit her strides it was difficult for Yihan to match her opponent’s pace with a suspect knee.
She finally gave up the fight trailing 21-12, 12-7 at the half an hour mark and cleared Saina’s passage to the final.
The third seed will now take on Germany’s Juliane Schenk, who defeated China’s Yanjiao Jiang 13-21, 21-14, 21-15.
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