Indonesia's Maria Kristin Yulianti beat China's Lu Lan 11-21, 21-13 and 21-15 to clinch third place in the Badminton Women's Singles event on Saturday, August 16.

Lu led throughout the first game, winning 21-11 with ease.

The second game, however, saw the two shuttlers keep close scores until Yulianti led 7-6. She grabbed the next seven points to lead 14-6 and held this advantage to the end of the game, winning 21-13.

Yulianti played in better form than her rival in the tie-breaker, reaching 18-8 after a tough contest. Although Lu revived a bit and got the next four points to narrow the gap to six points, and further cut it to four points later, Yulianti managed to reach 21 points first and grabbed this game 21-15.

Chinese athlete Lu Lan

(BOCOG August 16, 2008)