The CNN-IBN Indian of the Year award was won by the rising badminton star Saina Nehwal. The 19-year-old shuttler has already reached where no Indian women badminton player has gone before by winning a Super Series tournament in Indonesia earlier in 2009.
Seventh seeded Indian pair lost 14-21, 18-21 in just 37 minutes.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/jwaladiju-lose-in-world-super-series-final/106611-5.html
The Indian pair had won the Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold in August.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/super-series-masters-jwaladiju-in-final-saina-loses-sf/106540-5.html
Saina says that she is well prepared for the semi-finals.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/saina-reaches-world-series-masters-semis/106485-5.html
Jwala Gutta and V Diju are the first from India to win a Grand Prix Gold title.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/shuttlers-jwaladiju-aim-higher-after-grand-prix-title/100463-5.html
BAI sent Saina Nehwal's name for the tournament after the last day.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/officials-goof-up-saina-to-miss-china-masters/99643-5.html
Wang Lin defeated Saina 21-16, 21-19 in the women's singles quarterfinal.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/saina-nehwal-out-of-wbc-fans-upset/99402-5.html
Both men's and women's single titles were won by Chinese players.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/china-bag-four-gold-medals-in-wbc-on-sunday/99327-5.html
Saina didn't go beyond the quarters but that hasn't affected her morale.
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/99316/saina-nehwal-on-her-defeat-future-plans.html
The 26-year-old Dan had won the Olympic gold in Beijing in 2008.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/lin-dan-clinches-third-straight-world-title/99313-5.html
Lin Dan, nicknamed Super Dan, ended Indonesian hopes in the singles.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/super-lin-wins-battle-allchinese-finals-at-wbc/99277-5.html
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