TIL Desk Sports/ Olympic silver medallist P.V. Sindhu made a winning start to her maiden campaign at the prestigious BWF World Super Series Final, defeating World No. 8 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in an entertaining opening women’s singles Group B match here on Wednesday. Sindhu eked out a 12-21, 21-8, 21-15 win over Yamaguchi in an exciting clash which lasted little over an hour.
In the opening game, Sindhu conceded a 3-6 lead early on as she faltered with her strokes even as Yamaguchi grabbed points with her deception and her rival’s mistakes, to go 11-5 up at the break. World No. 10 Sindhu looked slightly impatient and it affected her performance as Yamaguchi extended the lead to 14-7. An accurate down-the-line smash by Sindhu, a mistake on the net and a baseline judgement error by the Japanese helped the Indian grab four points. Sindhu then won a video challenge to narrow Yamaguchi’s lead to 14-11.
Sindhu again committed a couple of unforced errors and then was left stranded by a cross court return from the Japanese, who led 17-12. Sindhu was visibly frustrated as she faltered at the net and then struggled with a low return as Yamaguchi raced to 20-12. The Japanese then sealed the opening game after winning a long rally when Sindhu netted with a low return. The sting was back in Sindhu’s strokes in the second game as she took an early 4-0 lead.
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