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Saina Nehwal's brilliant comeback: How Indian ace won season's first title after career-threatening injury — MUST WATCH

The 26-year-old former World Number One had endured an injury-plagued 2016 season.

Saina Nehwal's brilliant comeback: How Indian ace won season's first title after career-threatening injury — MUST WATCH Courtesy: Twitter

New Delhi: Saina Nehwal captured season's first title after a thrilling straight games win over Thailand`s Pornpawee Chochuwong in the final of Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament in Sarawak.

The top-seed's 22-20, 22-20 win over 19-year-old Chochuwong will be regarded as one of the defining moments in her career, which has seen injury playing its part too.

Here's how she did it, and also in her own words... "New Year, New Me". Must watch:

The 26-year-old former World Number One had endured an injury-plagued 2016 season. She sustained an intra-articular injury (inside the joint) to her right knee.

As a result, she lost tin the group stage of 2016 Rio Olympics, where her understudy PV Sindhu won the singles silver medal.

Now, she is making a comeback after undergoing a knee surgery at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute in Mumbai.

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