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Olympics-bound Saina Nehwal was sent packing by world No 1 Carolina Marin of Spain in the quarter-finals of the $900,000 Indonesia Super Series Premier, in Jakarta, on Friday.
The London Olympics bronze medallist, who won the Indonesia title thrice in the past, failed to breach the defences of the All-England and World champion and lost 22-24, 11-21 in 47 minutes.
The eighth seeded Indian trailed 7-13 in the opening game, but fought back to lead 16-14 and 19-16 only to surrender the advantage.
In the second game, Saina was nowhere as the top seed dominated from the start and distanced herself from the Indian ace to win comfortably.