Asia Badminton Team Championship: PV Sindhu leads India to 3-2 win over Hong Kong

With London Olympics bronze-medallist Saina Nehwal pulling out of the Asia Badminton Team Championship citing a groin injury, India's Rio Olympics silver-medallist PV Sindhu led the women's team to a thrilling 3-2 win over Hong Kong at Alor Setar on Tuesday.

Sindhu proved her mettle as she first claimed the singles match and then combined with N Sikki Reddy to win the second doubles game in Malaysia. She recovered quickly from her heart-breaking loss at the finals of the India Open last Sunday won 21-12 21-18 over Hong Kong's Yip Pui Yin in the first singles.

Ashwini Ponnappa and Prajakta Sawant then played



their heart out before losing 22-20 20-22 10-21 to Ng Wing Yung and Yeung Nga Ting in a 52-minute first women's doubles clash.