Thailand Open 2018: India 's PV Sindhu edges past Gregoria Tunjung to set up title against Nozomi Okuhara



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Bangkok: Olympic silver medalist PV Sindhu advanced into the women's singles final after registering a hard-fought victory over Indonesia's Gregoria Mariska Tunjung at the $ 3,50,000 Thailand Open World Tour Super 500 tournament on Saturday.

The second-seeded Indian continued her unbeaten run in the capital with a 23-21, 16-21, 21-9 win over Tunjung in a match that lasted an hour.

showdown, Sindhu will be in the remake of the last World Championship, in which the Japanese prevailed.

 File photo of PV Sindhu. Image courtesy: Twitter @BAI_Media

File photo of PV Sindhu. Image courtesy: Twitter @BAI_Media

The World no. 3 Indian pipped Tunjung to win the first game that went to the wire, separated by just two points.

In the second game, Sindhu played with much more variation and mixed things up to unsettle her opponent. She took a 9-5 lead on the back of some net-play net-play goal tunjung reeled off points to lead 11-9 at the lemon break.

After trailing 10-16, Sindhu earned three consecutive points goal In the third, Sindhu displayed her class to outplay her opponent. She dominated proceedings from the start, rushing to a sizeable 5-1 lead. The Indian then ensured that Tunjung was unable to get back into the game, sealing it comfortably with a 21-9 drubbing.

In the quarter-finals, Sindhu had eased past her Malaysian rival Soniia Cheah. Okuhara beat Beiwen Zhang 21-17, 21-10 in her semi-final match.

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