BAC: Sindhu, Prannoy, Doubles pair ousted, India’s campaign ends
This was Sindhu’s first loss against the Chinese shuttler in six meetings.
India’s star shuttler P.V. Sindhu overcame Indonesian Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in three games here on Saturday to set-up the Thailand Open women’s singles final against reigning world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan.
World No.29 Gregoria stretched World No.5 Sindhu in the first two games of a semi-final. Second seed Sindhu dug deep to win the first game 23-21 before losing the second game 16-21. Gregoria ran out of gas in the third game, which Sindhu comfortably with a 21-9 margin.
Okuhara defeated United States seventh seed Beiwen Zhang 21-17, 21-10 in 34 minutes in the other semi-final.
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Prior to Sunday’s final, Sindhu and Okuhara have fought 10 times in their careers, with both winning five times each.
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