Fourth-seed Saina was a point away from clinching her third successive Indonesia Open title but she squandered a matchpoint at 20-19, allowing Yihan to roar her way back into the match that lasted a little over an hour.
Nevertheless, the runners-up position will give a much-needed boost to Saina, 21, who has not had a good run recently and has been troubled by her knee. She lost in the quarterfinals in the Thailand Open and then made a second round exit in the Singapore Open.Read more