PV Sindhu

Singapore Open title 'just the start' as Indian shuttler fine-tunes her game for the World Championship.

Granting it any more importance would be a disservice to Sindhu’s calibre and potential of winning the big ones of the season. The diagonal is always the longest leeway on a shuttle court, and playing across made sense to keep the shuttle on a plausible leash. Titles like in Singapore have always been in Sindhu’s reach, though she has prioritised the big stage, high-intensity, mounting-pressure tournaments like Worlds and Olympics over the circuit rigmarole. Matters level at 1-1, and twice with the Chinese threatening to close down gaps at 11-12 and 14-16 in the decider, Sindhu would show precise shot selection and use more of the tempered drops and pushes to widen the gap once more. Zhi Yi Wang can beat the top names on her day (and their bad ones), but isn’t quite pickled in the craft of deception. Perhaps from an itchy lack of confidence, the last few tournaments since the Asian Championship had seen her wrestle and wrangle uncharacteristically with line calls and Hawk-Eye judgments, impacting her poise on court, and costing her matches even.

Former world champion PV Sindhu defeated the reigning Asian Champion Wang Zhi Yi to lift the Singapore Open Super 500 trophy in a topsy turvy women's ...

“The whole week, a couple of matches were in three games, some were in two. This was Sindhu’s third title of the year and the first Super 500 level win. The final scoreline read 21-9, 11-21, 21-15 as Sindhu won the match in two minutes short of the hour mark, prompting big celebrations from her coach Park Tae Sang too.

The final scoreline read 21-9 11-21 21-15 in the Indian's favour; this is Sindhu's third title in 2022.

Wang hit wide as Sindhu threw her arms to the air in celebration. While Wang seemed charged up initially, Sindhu was patient and after an initial duel of 5-5, played a superb smash and then finished a long rally with a delectable drop shot to leave her opponent on the floor. At 8-15, Sindhu failed to dispose off a weak return with her opponent on the floor. However, Sindhu managed to limit the errors and keep her nerves to emerge victorious in the end. Playing against the drift allowed the Indian to go for her shots even as Wang hit wide and long. Sindhu produced another fine display to grab her third world tour title of the season.

Soon after her win over China's Wang Zhi Yi in the final of women's singles at Singapore Open 2022 on Sunday, PV Sindhu started trending in India.

Both the players showed their brilliance during the match but Zhi Yi's first-game loss kept Sindhu in the driver's seat for long. Despite a good comeback, Wang Zhi Yi remained short of Sindhu's score and lost the final game 21-15, thus losing the match as well. The win also helped Sindhu maintain her unbeaten record against Wang Zhi. The two had first played each other in the All England Open this year where Sindhu had won the match.

Indian badminton star PV Sindhu, who defeated China's Wang Zhi Yi in the final, has branded her latest title triumph at the Singapore Open as a 'special ...

Talking about the Birmingham event, Sindhu said: "It is going to be a team event. Asked if the Singapore open title augurs well for the Commonwealth Games and World Championships, Sindhu said: "Ya it is. "I hope I give my best, it is not going to be easy, there are some good players. I hope this trend continues for the rest of the year,” Sindhu said. My strength and conditioning coach Srikanth is there with me, so it should be okay." Playing in Singapore after a long time too, this win means a lot,” Sindhu, who recently turned 27, was quoted as saying by the BWF website.