Lucky Saina won the bronze.. Chinese player retired...

yes she was lucky.but if the match had continued the result could have gone either way. In first set also she played well,and in second set xin got just one point only so saina could have played and won it also. But she got the bronze without completing the match. really India can now increase the medal tally than last time.

The old adage that comes to my mind is "The harder you work, the luckier you get!!" And Saina has really worked hard at these Olympics. I would not say that she was lucky just that she was fitter than her opponent. Also she put herself in a place, where if anybody faltered, she was very much there to win the match!! Well done Saina!! This is your first taste of Olympic Glory, next time let it be a Golden Glory!! Cheers! Ram

I watched the match critically. Saina was looking so comfortable while Xin Wang was exhausted and tired. saina won medal not by luck otherwise also she was going to win.

Not wanting to spoil anything, I felt that Wang Xin's injury was partially caused by the umpire for that match. There were several ignore calls for the floor to be mopped from Wang Xin's camp and for unknown reasons the umpire just did not allowed it. Eventually, at the closing of the 1st set, Wang Xin was injured when she twisted her knee while trying to retrieve a return from Nehwal. So, you can say that this is one of the controversies of the Games. However, I would not want to take anything away from Nehwal for coming all the way to the 3rd/4th placing match. Other than the premature withdrawal of her opponent, I have to say that she deserves to be playing for the bronze medal match.

As an indian,i am also feel proud for saina to give us a bronze medal in olympics.She is the second indian woman to get an individual medal in olimpic history.It will be more sweeter if she could get that medal by winning her semifinal match.But still it's a big achievement from her part.Hats off to you saina.

I too accept that she is lucky.But we should never forget that she is one of the best players in India.I feeel happy that she went till that round. On the other hand you can see sania mirza who lost every match.Now a days she was not concentrating on game.But Saina tried her level best and got that medal.

it was real great and awesome luck for saina,since she was trailing in that match and i never expected her to win, but at the end somehow,she managed to scrape through with awesome and cool style of gampelay.and india is really happy ,delighted to get the 2nd bronze.luck favors the brave in this case saina.the opponent walked away luckily

Saina Nehwal is a great player India has produced. She is the first Indian to reach semifinal of Badminton Olympics I think it itself is an achievement though we had lot of expectations from her.But its OK she won the bronze medal does not matter she got it by luck but she did hard work to reach semis.

yeah it was a lucky day for Saina. of course she is a brilliant player but it would not have been that an easy affair had the Chinese player had not retired. But at the end of the day, it was Saina who prevailed and we all are very much happy for her for winning the much awaited medal for India.

Hi, Saina Nehwal is a great badminton player. She is very lucky that she got the bronz medal. it is very unlucky match for Xin Wang. Reaching to the semifinal is also a great achievement. No one has reached yet to semi final of badminton before. We indians should feel proud of Saina.

This is an interesting result. I would not have expected someone to have such an injury playing badminton, but perhaps it was sustained elsewhere, or badminton can cause such injuries. However, what I have noticed from badminton over the last few days was what happened a few days ago, mostly with team badminton. Apparently, in the last match of the qualifying games, some teams intentionally lost the match in order to get more favorable position in the knockout round. I was wondering if people thought that this way good strategy or abusing the system?