PV Sindhu is not one to sit on her laurels. The Rio Olympics silver-medallist has once again punched above her ranking to beat the sixth ranked Sung Ji Hyun of South Korea 11-21, 23-21, 21-19 and booked her place in the China Open Super Series final.
The Hyderabad shuttler saved three match points in the second game and fought off Sung in the decider to make her only second entry in any Super Series final in one hour and 23 minutes.
In a heart-stopping decider, Sindhu finally won with a cross court smash after the hawk eye negated Sung’s challenge. In the first game the Korean shuttler dominated Sindhu and pocketed easily. But Sindhu smashed her way back into the match to win the second game after being three match-points down.
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Sindhu will now take on China’s own Sun Yu in Sunday’s final, whom she trails 2-3 in head-to-head.
Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal made her comeback after a long injury lay off but unfortunately crashed out in the first round itself. There’s seems to be no stopping Sindhu though, who became the first Indian women to clinch a silver medal at the Olympics.
