After winning the silver medal at the Rio Olympics, Indian shuttler PV Sindhu clinched her first China Open Super series title on Sunday beating Sun Yu of China.
Sindhu saved three match points and prevailed over Korean Sung Ji Hyun 11-21, 23-21, 21-19 in Saturday’s semifinal, while Sun Yu defeated fifth seed Tai Tzu-Ying of Taiwan 21-8, 23-21.
This is the third straight year that an Indian woman has made the China Open singles final. Saina Nehwal won the title in 2014 and finished runner-up in the 2015 edition of the USD 700,000 Super Series Premier event.