Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal lost the women’s singles final in the Syed Modi International Badminton Championships in Lucknow on Sunday.
Chinese youngster Han Yue beat Nehwal 21-18, 21-8.
Earlier in the day, Indian pair of Satwicksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost their Men’s Doubles final to Indonesian duo of Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto 11-21, 20-22.
Later this evening, third seed Sameer Verma will face another Chinese, sixth-placed Lu Guangzu in men’s singles final.
In Women’s Doubles, the pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy will meet the higher placed Malaysian team of Chow Mei Kuan and Lee Meng Yean.