India’s badminton ace PV Sindhu created history as she became the first Indian to win the BWF World Tour Finals tournament.
Sindhu beat Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara in the title clash on Sunday. In the way to victory PV Sindhu claimed a 21-19, 21-17 win in the final for her first title of the year.
Astonishing. Simply astonishing rally #badminton #HSBCBWFbadminton #HSBCBWFGuangzhouFinals #HSBCBWFWorldTourFinals pic.twitter.com/7WFw8CPRzO
— BWF (@bwfmedia) December 16, 2018
After leading the second game from start to finish, the Indian star grabbed three match points and converted them immediately to seal the issue in her favour.
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Meanwhile, 28-year-old Indian shuttler suffered major losses in the finals of various tournaments in recent years. She took home the silver after losing to Spain’s Carolina Marin at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
She suffered more heartbreaks at the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games this year and has also twice lost in the final of the World Championships and was runner-up in last year’s season finale.