India’s star shuttler P V Sindhu overcame reigning world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the women’s singles final of the Korea Open Superseries today.
Rio Olympic silver medalist Sindhu won in an hour and 24 minutes at the S K Handball Stadium to clinch her third Superseries title of her career. This win helped Sindhu level the head-to-head stats against the Japanese 4-4 and in the process also broke Okuhara’s 14-match winning streak.
Okuhara had conquered the Hyderabad-born shutter in the World Championships final in August in Glasgow.
After the 27 August win, the Rio Olympic bronze medalist Okuhara, 22, had taken a 4-3 lead in career meetings against 22-year-old Sindhu. But in this South Korean capital, Sindhu was presented a chance to avenge the Glasgow loss — and the Indian came out on top.
Sindhu had three match point opportunities and converted the second one to claim the title and become the first Indian shuttler to win in Korea. The two 22-year-olds, who were involved in the second longest match of women’s singles at the Worlds final, entertained the crowd once again at another major final.
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