Defending champion India's Saina Nehwal went down to China's Yihan Wang 21-12, 21-23, 14-21 in the final of the Indonesian Open Super Series in Jakarta on Sunday.
Last year, Saina had won three titles -- Indian Open grand Prix Gold, Singapore Super Series and Indonesian Super Series -- in June, before winning the Commonwealth Games gold medal and Hong Kong Super Series.
But half-way through 2011, Saina has just one title -- Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold -- and one runner-up finish in the Malaysia Super Series to her name.
The girl from Hyderabad, in the last six months, has tasted success but her defeats against lower ranked players such as Japanese Ai Goto in the Indian Open Super Series and then to world number 18, Inthanon Ratchanok of Thailand, in Sudirman Cup had brought to the fore her inconsistency.
Earlier on Saturday, Saina Nehwal advanced to the Indonesian Open Super Series finals with a hard-fought victory over Chinese Taipei's Shao Chieh Cheng.
The fourth-seeded Indian won 21-14, 14-21, 21-17 in a 45-minute battle against giant-killer Cheng, who had created quite a flutter by upstaging top seed Shixian Wang and seventh seed Xin Liu earlier in the tournament.
Saina had to dig deep in her armoury and rely on her power-packed smashes to outpace Cheng, who is known for her fast movement on court.
It was a sweet revenge for Saina who had lost narrowly to Cheng in the pre-quarterfinals of the Singapore Open in her last tournament.
