Super Series Final:PV Sindhu overcomes Bingjiao

P.V. Sindhu made a positive start to her campaign but K. Srikanth suffered a straight-game loss on the opening day of the $1 million Dubai Super Series badminton Final, here on Wednesday.

The 22-year-old Sindhu Olympic silver medallist, who had a 4-5 head-to-head record against World No. 9 He Bingjiao, dished out a gritty performance to overcome the left-handed Chinese 21-11, 16-21, 21-18 in a



Group A match that lasted an hour and four minutes.

World No. 4 Srikanth, however, couldn’t bring out his top game as he suffered a 21-13, 21-17 loss to World No. 1 and defending champion Viktor Axelsen in a Group B men’s singles match that lasted 38 minutes.

Sindhu faces Japan’s Sayaka Sato next, while Srikanth will take on Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien Chen.