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Saina Nehwal defeated China's Sun Yu 11-21, 21-14, 21-19 to clinch her second Australian Open Super Series title.
The ace Indian shuttler had also won this event in 2014. The win was a huge boost for the 26-year-old ahead of the Rio Olympics.
Despite losing the first game, Saina improved her head-to-head record against Sun to 6-1. The World No. 12 had upstaged the Indian once at the 2013 China Open.
Saina had scored a convincing 21-8, 21-12 victory against World No. 2 Yihan Wang of China in the semi-finals. In fact Saina beat two world champions en route to the final - Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon (2013) in the quarterfinals and Yihan (2011) in the last four.
The win helped Saina clinch her maiden title of the season and pocket a cheque of USD 56,250. It also ended a rather long title drought for the celebrated Indian, whose previous title was at the India Super Series in New Delhi in last year.
Hans-Kristian Vittinghus, who played a key role in Denmark's maiden Thomas Cup triumph recently, continued with his good form, taking the men's singles title with a 21-16, 19-21, 21-11 win over Jeon Hyeok-jin of South Korea.