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World Badminton Championship 2017: PV Sindhu loses to Nozomi Okuhara in epic final, gets silver

Live score and updates as PV Sindhu faces off with Japanese Nozomi Okuhara in the summit clash of the women's singles event of the World Badminton Championships.

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Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu will aim to clinch her first gold medal at the World Badminton Championships when she will locks horns with Japanese Nozomi Okuhara in the summit clash of the women's singles event here on Sunday. Sindhu and Nozomi have faced each other six times so far, with each winning three matches. The Olympic silver medallist assured India of a silver medal with a straight game win over Chen Yufei of China Saturday night.

Here are the live updates of the final day of the BWF World Championship:

'21:20

Nozomi Okuhara of Japan defeats PV Sindhu 21-19, 20-22, 22-20 to win the women's singles final of World Badminton Championships.   

'21:19

But Sindhu wins the point to save the game point.

'21:18

Okuhara takes the point- she is just one point away from winning the world title.

'21:16

Nothing separates the two- it's 19-19 in the final game. Okuhara won two straight points to draw level. 

'21:09

16-16. Sindhu and Okuhara are trading points here. No one giving an inch away.

'21:04

The long rallies continue. Sindhu wins one to level 13-13 after Okuhara has taken two points in a row.

'21:00

Nothing separtes the two as we go into the break here, 11-11

'20:50

It's been a see-saw battle in the game so far- every time Okuhara has taken the lead Sindhu has come back and drawn level. It's 9-9. 

'20:45

Sindhu has come back in the game to level it 5-5.

'20:40

Okuhara has a 3 point lead over Sindhu in the final game. Leads 4-1

'20:35

Sindhu wins the longest rally of the match to win the second game 22-20 against Okuhara. ​

'20:31

And she takes another point to make it 20-20. 

'20:30

Okuhara has pulled back two points- its 20-19 in Sindhu's favour now.

'20:29

Sindhu wins two in a row to take it the game point- 20-17 

'20:25

Both players are playing really really well here. Every point is being fought for. Sindhu leads 18-16.

'20:22

What a match- another long rally but this time it ends in Okuhara's favour. Sindhu leads 16-14

'20:21

Another great rally and Sindhu keeps her cool to win a crucial point, leads 16-13 now.​

'20:20

Long rally and Okuhara hits the net. Sindhu leads 15-13

'20:17

Okuhara is a fighter no doubt. 3 points and she is back level at 12-12

'20:14

Splendid return by Sindhu takes her lead to 12-9.

'20:11

What a battle it is turning out to be. Okuhara wins 5 points in a row to make it 9-8 but then Sindhu take the next two to lead 11-8 at the break in the second game.

'20:07

Okuhara is again making a comeback. Takes three points on trot. Sindhu leads 9-6 now.

'20:04

Sindhu is up 9-3 now.

'20:02

Sindhu is looking much better in the second game, leads 6-3.

'20:00

3 errors and 1 winner from Okuhara in the second game. Sindhu leads 3-1. 

'19:57

Nozomi wins the game.

Sindhu had managed to draw level at 19-19 but it is the Japanese who has the last laugh in the game winning it 21-19.

'19:53

Sindhu fights back to take 2 points. The momentum is broken now. 

'19:52

18-14 in favour of Okuhara now.

'19:51

The Japanese is turning it around here. Six straight points and she leads 17-14 now.

'19:49

Okuhara wins three points on trot level the score. 14-14 now.

'19:46

PV Sindhu wins a great rally to stay ahead 14-11 against Okuhara.

'19:43

Nozomi is fighting back here. Reduces the lead to 13-10.

'19:39

8 straight points for Sindhu here. She is leading 11-5 at the break.

'19:36

It's neck-and-neck so far in the opening game. The score is 5-5.

'19:31

The game is on.

Nozomi takes the first point.  

'19:26

It's time.

'19:12

'19:08

Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan win ​the women's doubles title, beat Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota ​21-18,17-21, 21-15.

'18:35

Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota win a game to extend their match to the third game. The wait for Sindhu's match gets longer.

'18:10

China's Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan win opening game against Japanese Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota in ongoing women's doubles final.

'18:00

'17:42

The women's doubles final is going on currently. Sindhu's match will start after this.

Sindhu's third medal in World Championships

Fourth-seeded Sindhu lifted the spirits of the Indian camp by reaching the finals with a 21-13, 21-10 win over the World No 10 in a match lasting just 48 minutes.

In the other semi-final, 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal lost 21-12, 17-21, 10-21 against Okuhara as she settled for a bronze medal.

This will be a third medal for the Hyderabadi shuttler in the World Championships. She had won bronze twice in the 2013 and 2014 editions. With this win, she also became the only second Indian to reach the finals of World Championship after Saina achieved that feat in the last edition of the tournament at Jakarta.

The 22-year-old has been in rampaging form ever since the Rio Olympics, where she was defeated in the summit clash by Spain?s Carolina Marin. 

She clinched her maiden Super Series premier title at China Open last year before winning the India Super Series in April. She also won the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold in January. 

 

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