They called it the ‘battle of the decade’ also the ‘clash of the titans’, but the scoreline will fail you to believe Rio silver medalist PV Sindhu ran through her finals but that was not to be. It was an high-octane game played with high intensity. The score read 21-19, 21-16, but believe you me, they played and fought for every inch, nothing came easy and why should it. At Rio, Sindhu had lost gold to the Spaniard Carolina Marin.
Before today’s match, the two modern day legends had met nine matches, Marin holding the edge, winning five of them. But what played in Sindhu’s favour may have been she had got the better of Marin in Dubai last year. But, today was an all-new day a whole new game.
Goes to the coach straight after the victory. Acknowledges the crowd. Shakes hand with her opposition. @Pvsindhu1 is a humble champ! pic.twitter.com/ppukKR0aop
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In both the sets, Sindhu got off to a flier but then saw Marin claw back from behind in style but Sindhu was too good for Marin today and the crowd added to Marin’s burden as they were totally rooting for the home favourite.
Let’s start the show! Yonex Sunrise #IndiaSS #IndiaMeSmash pic.twitter.com/CibEC4M4WV
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August 2016 and April 2017. Same players but their places on the podium are reversed. Kudos @Pvsindhu1. #IndiaMeSmash pic.twitter.com/oq13wraU4G
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This win is surely bound to take Sindhu’s confidence to an-all new high, which augurs well for the future of Indian badminton.
