Sunday, December 16, 2018

Badminton News

At $1.5M HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2018, Guangzhou, China

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Women's Singles Final
Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,6) bt Nozomi Okuhara (JPN,5) 21-19 21-17

What 2018 for P.V. Sindhu!
Gold 🥇- World Tour Grand Finals
Silver 🥈- World Championships
Silver 🥈- Asian Games
Silver 🥈- Commonwealth Games

Sindhu becomes the first Indian to win the BWF World Tour Finals ... After so many near misses at the World Championships, the Olympic, the Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games, she managed to win this big title ... In the final, she defeated Nozomi Okuhara in straight games.

In the first game, Sindhu took an early control and was leading 14-6 ... But she gave chance to Okuhara for a fightback, Okuhara caught her at 16-all ... Sindhu retained her composure and took a 20-17 lead and converted the 3rd game point for winning this game ... In the second game, Sindhu kept a couple of points lead throughout the game ... Okuhara caught her at 7-all, but Sindhu regained control and kept her nose ahead ... Sindhu converted the first match-point for a deserving win in 62 mins. long match ... Here, she defeated four top-10 players including the WR #1 Tzu Ying Tai and the WR #2 Akane Yamaguchi before lifting the title.

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