Coming a step closer to win gold medal, PV Sindhu enters finals of World Badminton Championship

New Delhi, August 24: Aligning India’s position on top, PV Sindhu comes a step closer to breaking her gold medal in the World Badminton Championship for the third consecutive time as she defeated fourth seed Chen Yu Fei of China in a dominant semi-final 21-7, 21-14. Sindhu will play opposite the winner of the second semi-final which will be between Nozomi Okuhara and Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand.

Sindhu started the match on an aggressive note by winning six consecutive points as she raced away to a 8-2 lead. Chen Yu Fei tried to get in the game but Sindhu was in her elements as she continued to play solid badminton. The Indian shuttler extended her lead and maintained her serve consistently as she won the first game 21-7 in just 19 minutes.

In the second game, Chen Yu Fei increased her intensity and kept in close touch but Sindhu held her nerve at crucial intervals as she took a 10-6 lead. Chen tried to bounce back and be aggressive but Sindhu calmly held on to her lead and did not yield an inch to the Chinese as the Indian put up a brilliant display of domination.

The Indian shuttler held her nerve as the match reached the end and she won the final game and came one step closer to clinching the gold medal in the world championship for the first time. Sindhu had lost to Nozomi Okuhara of Japan and Carolina Marin of Spain respectively in the summit clash of the last two editions of the World Championships in 2017 and 2018.

Sindhu and Saina Nehwal were static at fifth and eighth spots respectively in the recently released Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings. Among the men's singles shuttlers, Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma managed to hold on to their 10th and 13th spots in the latest rankings issued on Tuesday.