Sindhu beats Ongbamrungphan to win Swiss Open

Story by  ATV | Posted by  sabir hussain • 2 Years ago
PV Sindhu (File Photo)
PV Sindhu (File Photo)

 

Basel

India's ace shuttler PV Sindhu defeated Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand by 21-16, 21-8 to win the Swiss Open badminton championship at St. Jakobshalle arena in Basel on Sunday.

This is Sindhu's second Super 300 title of the year. She has won Syed Modi International back in January. The double Olympic medallist Indian won the final in 49 minutes. With this win, Sindhu now has a head-to-head record of 16-1 against the Thai player.

Sindhu got off to a rousing start as she raced to a 3-0 lead in the first game. But Thai shuttler refused to get overpowered as she levelled the game at 3-3. The first game moved at a steady pace and with the score of 9-9 on board, the two impressive points gave Sindhu an 11-9 lead at the first interval.

It was a close battle after the resumption as Ongbamrungphan raised her level to get in a point difference against the Indian at 16-15. But Sindhu then held her nerve and won the last five points out of six to win the first game.

In the second game, Sindhu was even more impressive as she built up a massive nine points lead at the mid-game break. After the change of the ends, with such a massive lead, Sindhu never faced any actual resistance in the game and comfortably won the second game by 21-8.