PV Sindhu entered the women’s singles final of BWF World Badminton Championship beating Chen Yufei of China 21-13, 21-10 in the semifinal in Glasgow. Sindhu will meet Nozomi Okuhara in the title match. Okuhara defeated Saina Nehwal in the other semifinal.
Sindhu has also assured India of at least a silver medal after reaching the final.
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.
Coming into the match, Sindhu had a 1-1 head-to-head record against the 19-year-old Chinese, having lost to her at the Malaysia Open in April. But she avenged that loss with another sizzling performance.
