PV Sindhu Wins Korea Open Super Series Badminton Title
PV Sindhu emerged victorious to clinch the Korea Open Superseries badminton title in Seoul by beating Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara in the women’s singles final on Sunday.
The two have played each other seven times in the past and Nozomi Okuhara has been victorious in four of those encounters. Their most recent match came in the World Badminton Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, where Sindhu lost in a tightly contested game.
PV Sindhu avenged that loss and emerged victorious this time. Sindhu beat Okuhara by 22-20, 11-21, 21-18.
Sindhu becomes the first woman shuttler to win the Korea Open Super Series. AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu congratulated Sindhu on her remarkable victory.
Congratulations to @PVSindhu1 on winning the Korean Open Super Series & flying the tricolor high yet again. What a remarkable victory! — N Chandrababu Naidu (@ncbn) September 17, 2017
Sindhu has won two Superseries crowns till date - the China Open last year and India Open in 2017.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and Opposition leader in AP Assembly and YSR Congress party chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy too congratulated the star shuttler on achieving the feat.
Hearty congratulations to @Pvsindhu1 for a phenomenal victory in the Korean Open Super series — YS Jagan Mohan Reddy (@ysjagan) September 17, 2017
