Sindhu into Malaysia Masters final

Ace Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu scored an upset victory over top seed Ji Hyun Sung of Korea in a hard-fought three setter to storm into the women’s singles final of the USD 120,000 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament in Penang on Saturday.

Sindhu, the double World Championship bronze medallist, beat her world number eight Korean opponent 21-19 12-21 21-10 in a semifinal contest that lasted one hour and nine minutes.

The world number 12 Indian thus put herself on course for a fifth Grand Prix Gold event. She had won the same tournament in 2013 before bagging three more Grand Prix Gold tournament titles at the Macau Open (2013, 2014 and 2015).

The two rivals had a 2-2 head-to-head record before today’s meeting and they opened the first set neck-and-neck till they tied at 11-all.