PV Sindhu lost 19-21, 22-20, 20-22 to Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the women's singles final of the World Badminton Championships.
PV Sindhu earned a silver medal after losing 19-21, 22-20, 20-22 to Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in a hard-fought final of the World Badminton Championships at Glasgow in Scotland on Sunday.
This was the longest match of the World Championships, which lasted for 110 minutes. Both the players battled hard in a match full of long rallies. Sindhu and Okuhara were evenly matched and played their heart out in the middle.
This was Sindhu's first final appearance in the World Championship and thus her best ever performance.
Sindhu won here her third medal at the World Championships, she has won bronze medals in 2013 and 2014. Saina Nehwal's bronze means that it was India's best-ever show in a World Championship.
In the match, Okuhara took the first point of the match on a fine line judgement while Sindhu bagged two successive points to take 2-1 lead. Sindhu went into the break with a 11-5 lead. After changing the sides, Okuhara picked up two straight points to reduce the gap. She soon made it 10-13 after clinching a point on a hard fought 39-shot rally.
Okuhara levelled the scores at 14-all and then took four-point lead to make it 18-14. It was Sindhu's time to mount a comeback to make it 18-18 in the first game. At 19-19, Sindhu played it on the net to give her opponent a game point and then played it wide of the court to lose the first game 19-21.
Sindhu took an early 5-1 lead in the second. But Okuhara clinched five straight points to reduce the deficit by one point 8-9. Sindhu went into the break with 11-8 lead. Both Sindhu and Okuhara were neck and neck at 12-all post the break in the second game. Sindhu won four crucial points to lead 16-13. Sindhu made it 20-17 but Okuhara came back strongly to make it 20-20. Sindhu held her nerve to grab two crucial points and forced the match into the decider. She secured the game after winning a 73-shot rally on the final point.
Okuhara opened the third and title-deciding game with a 5-1 lead but Sindhu's came back level the score. The players exchanged points time. Sindhu took the crucial lead at 18-17 and extended it to 19-17 but Okuhara fought back hard to make it 19-19. Unforced error from Sindhu gave Okuhara the first Championship point. Sindhu drew level at 20-20. But Okuhara earned a second Championship point and won the championship taking the final game 22-20.
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