BWF Super Series Finals: PV Sindhu bows out, loses to Sung Ji-hyun in semis

Olympic Silver medallist PV Sindhu’s brilliant run at the BWF World Super Series Final came to an end after she suffered a narrow defeat against World No 5 Korean Sung Ji-Hyun in the women’s singles semi-finals, here on Saturday.

It was a contest between Sindhu’s power and Sung Ji’s precision and unfortunately the Indian failed to break the Korean’s impregnable defence and went down fighting 15-21 21-18 16-21 in a thrilling 76-minute contest.