PV Sindhu Won the Title in India Open Super 500 Badminton Tournament

PV Sindhu Won the Title in India Open Super 500 Badminton Tournament. Beiwen Zhang edges the past defending champion PV Sindhu in a thrilling final to win the title. Defending champion PV Sindhu found a narrow defeat in a final against American Beiwen Zhang to finish runner-up at the India Open Super 500 badminton tournament on Sunday. 
PV Sindhu Won the Title in India Open Super 500 Badminton Tournament

Playing her second tournament of the new season, Sindhu came close to clinch the title before losing 18-21, 21-11, 20-22 to Zhang in the women's singles final. Due to Sunday's loss, Sindhu had won twice and lost once at the Indonesia Super series Premier last year against the American.  Fifth-seeded Danish combo of Mathias Christiansen and Christinna Pedersen won over Indonesian pair of Praveen Jordan and Melati Daeva Oktavianti in a 37-minute match to claim the mixed doubles crown, their first title together. Mathias and Christina had combined at the Denmark Open for the first time and finished runners-up at China Open Super series Premier and Hong Kong Open Super series last year. "We know the Indonesians are very good and if we play too defensive or slow it will be difficult to beat them so we played an attacking game," said Christina after the match. "It is a long season and we would be playing at European Championship and All England next, which would be a big challenge," she added. Third-seeded Indonesian pair of Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu, who are ranked World no 7, defeated second-seeded Thailand combo of Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai 21-18, 21-15 in a 58-minute match to clinch the women's doubles title.