Saina Nehwal
Aug 13 2008, Rajni

India’s ace shuttler Saina Nehwal bowed out of the Beijing Olympics this morning after losing a tough quarter-final encounter of the Women’s singles badminton to Indonesia’s Maria Kristin Yulianti.

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