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Sindhu stuns world No. 1 Tai in badminton Tour Finals

Indian ace will look to make it three wins out of three today

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India’s P.V. Sindhu pulled off a shock at the badminton World Tour Finals yesterday as she defeated topranked Tai Tzu-ying of Taiwan in three thrilling games.

Sindhu sank to her knees at the end of an exhausting 14-21, 21-16, 21-18 victory in 61 enthrallin­g minutes in the Chinese city of Guangzhou.

The 23-year-old, a silver medallist at the Rio Olympics in 2016, faces Zhang Beiwen of the United States today looking to make it three wins out of three in Group A.

It was a disappoint­ing day for Taiwan. As well as Tai going down to the sixth-ranked Sindhu, men’s world No. 3 Chou Tien-chen also lost, this time in the men’s draw.

Chou was on the end of an 18-21, 21-11, 21-14 defeat to South Korea’s buoyant Son Wan-ho.

There was no such trouble for men’s No. 1 and world champion Kento Momota of Japan. He is in ominous form as he looks to put the seal on a breakthrou­gh year and swatted aside Thailand’s Kantaphon Wangcharoe­n 21-15, 21-7 for a second win in a row.

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