Can Sindhu emulate Saina’s success in China?

The ace shuttler from India said that winning the China Open also meant fulfilling one of her dreams of picking a Super Series title. She wrapped up the first game 21-17 in merely 17 minutes time.

She won the Olympics silver medal earlier this year.

Indians went on celebratory mode on Twitter following Sindhu’s win, hailing and congratulating the Rio Olympics silver medallist for the great show in China.

“That match also proved to her that she can play differently when things are not going her way”. At 20-16, Sun hit the nets but she roared back into contest when Sindhu’s stretched low return at the forecourt could not cross the net.

“The China Open win is very important ahead of the Hong Kong Open”. However, as Sindhu’s power-packed showing continues and she shapes up her career timeline, distinctly as Nehwal, it would do well to extend the courtesy of being a foul-weather follower toward the latter. “But I worked hard”, Sindhu told a news agency after the title triumph.

Around the time you were ordering in that Chinese for the Sunday lunch, Sindhu was chomping away at a Chinese game that wasn’t quite in her league on the day.

Sindhu beat Sun 21-11, 17-21, 21-11 in the finale that continued for an hour and nine minutes. Most importantly, not one to get overawed under pressure.

The Indian mixed her strokes well, using tosses and lifts to push her rival at the corners and came up with some sharp smashes and half smashes to lead 7-3. “I want to come up in the rankings”, she concluded. The third round was the decider and Sindhu remained on her toes.

Denmark’s Jan O Jorgensen became the first European men’s singles shuttler to win the China Open when he shocked Olympic and World champion Chen Long of China 22-20, 21-13.