Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu avenged her heart-breaking loss at the Rio Olympics to two-time World Champion Carolina Marin with a thrilling victory in a do-or-die women’s singles Group B contest and sealed her place at the semifinals of the Badminton World Federation World Super Series Finals in Dubai on Friday.
In a much-anticipated contest, PV Sindhu came up trumps against the Olympic champion Carolina Marin, who had spoiled her gold medal dream at Rio in August. The Indian dished out an energetic performance to see off a fighting Marin 21-17 21-13 in a hard-fought battle that lasted 46 minutes.
A former World No. 1 Carolina Marin, who held a 5-2 head to head record, tried to play an aggressive fast-paced game and pumped herself with each point, letting out a war cry but PV Sindhu was equally up for the battle of nerves and she showed tremendous grit and nerves to emerge victories in a crucial contest.
With this win, PV Sindhu finished in the second place behind China’s Sun Yu, who won all the three matches, in Group B.
