PV Sindhu entered the final of BWF World Tour Finals at Guangzhou, China for the second successive time where she willface Nozomi Okuhara of Japan.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!PV Sindhu won semifinals of BWF World Tour Finals on Saturday.
PV Sindhu has a golden chance of finishing the year with a title as she entered the final of BWF World Tour Finals at Guangzhou, China for the second successive time. The Indian shuttler beat Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand 21-16, 25-23 in the semifinals to reach the title round. Sameer Verma, however, lost his men’s singles semifinal to Shi Yuqi on Saturday.
The Olympic silver medallist got the better of the Thai shuttler in a mouth-watering semifinal, beating her opponent in 54 minutes to reach the final. Sindhu, who has been unbeaten in the tournament so far, will now face Nozomi Okuhara of Japan on Sunday in a repeat of last year’s BWF World Championships final.
Sindhu and Intanon started on an equal note before the World No. 6 Sindhu went into the break with a two-point lead. Intanon came back to remove the advantage but unforced errors helped Sindhu stay ahead.
Sindhu began the second game on a good note, winning the first four points but Intanon narrowed the lead to 5-6 before the two went into the break with the World No. 8 Intanon in the lead by one point. After the break, Sindhu took the lead before Intanon levelled the game at 18-18. The duo then took it to 19-19. The match reached its gripping point with Intanon moving to a game point advantage and Sindhu responding by cutting her opponent’s advantage before making it 21-21. Intanon, however, stumbled on two unforced errors to hand Sindhu the match point. Sindhu converted it with a smash from near the net following a fierce rally.
Sameer put up a brave fight against the crowd favourite Shi Yuqi but went down 12-21, 22-20, 21-17. Both the opponents kept the match at level before the Indian shuttler went into the mid-game break with a lucky one-point advantage. It was a cakewalk for Sameer after the mid-game break as he won 10 of the next 12 points to beat Shi Yuqi 21-12 in the first game.
Another tight game saw Sameer go from 4-8 to 11-9 in the second game of the semifinal. He, however, lost the second game with drama towards the end of it as the Indian shuttler appealed to the umpire that his opponent’s racquet touched the net but the umpire gave the game point to the Chinese.
The decider had a tight start as well, before Shi Yuqi took a two-point lead going into the break. The crowd favourite went on to win the decider and the game despite a comeback from Syed Modi winner Sameer.
