Saina Nehwal's splendid run at the Malaysian Open Super Series badminton came to an end as she went down fighting in the quarterfinals against fourth seed PI Hongyan of France here on Friday.
The World number 10, Saina saved four match points but finally went down 17-21, 26-24, 16-21 against the World number seven Hongyan.
Hongyan went up 4-0 in the first game before Saina levelled at 4-4.
However, Hongyan improved the tempo to claim the opening game.