India’s Pusarla Sindhu hits a return against China’s Wang Zhiyi in their women’s final match at the Singapore Badminton Open in Singapore | Photo: AFP
Singapore: Double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu lifted the Singapore Open Super 500 trophy after outwitting China's Wang Zhi Yi in an intense women's singles final, here on Sunday.
In the hard-fought title clash, Sindhu managed to stay strong in the key moments to come up trumps 21-9 11-21 21-15 against the 22-year-old Wang, the reigning Asian Championships gold medallist.
The title run will be a big boost for Sindhu, who will leading the Indian charge at the Commonwealth Games, starting July 28 in Birmingham.
This was her third title of the season -- having won two Super 300 crowns in Syed Modi International and Swiss Open -- and an addition to her brimming cabinet which has a gold, two silver and two bronze medals from the World Championships besides two Olympic medals.
(PTI)
RELATED STORIES
.jpg?$p=b7f659e&q=0.8&f=16x11&w=104)
.jpg?$p=9396e2d&q=0.8&f=16x11&w=104)
