PV Sindhu enters maiden world championships final
PV Sindhu assured India of a silver medal after reaching the finals of the World Championship with a straight game win over World No 10 Chen Yufei in women's singles, in Glasgow,Scotland on Saturday Aug 26,2017
After compatriot Saina Nehwal settled for a bronze, following her heart-breaking loss to Japan's Nozomi Okuhara, Sindhu lifted the spirits of the Indian camp by reaching the finals with a 21-13 21-10 win over World No 10 Chen Yufei.
This will be a third medal for Sindhu in the World Championship. She had won bronze twice in the 2013 and 2014 editions. With this win, she also became the only second
Indian to reach the finals of World Championship after Saina achieved that feat in the last edition at Jakarta.
The 22-year-old will next take on Okuhara, whom she has beaten thrice and lost equal number of times in the last six meetings. However, the Indian had an upper hand in the last two meetings at Rio Olympics and 2017 Singapore Open
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