Singapore Open 2022: PV Sindhu enters finals with a dominating win

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 The Indian badminton star PV Sindhu moved into the finals of the Super 500 Singapore Open 2022 with a dominating win over Sanea Kawakami of Japan played on Saturday.

It was an aggressive start for both players as the Japanese put pressure on Sindhu. After the initial struggle, the two-time Olympic medallists showed her aggression with smashes and drop shots not allowing her opponent a sniff into the game. At the mid-game interval, Sindhu led 11-8. After the break, Kawakami took 3 points in succession to level the scores at 11-11.  deceived points and made life tough for unseeded Japanese. The Indian won the first game easily at 21-15.

The second game saw the Japanese committing lots of unforced errors hitting the shuttle out and making life tough for Kawakami. At the mid-game interval, Sindhu had a commanding 11-4 lead. After the break, it was one-way traffic as the Indian kept the pressure on the young Japanese winning the second game easily at 21-7 to move into the finals of the Super 500 Singapore Open 2022.

It will be her first Super 500 finals in 2022. She will be looking to win her second title after the Swiss Open title. The Indian will face Wang Zhi of China in the summit clash. Sindhu has been in decent form of late but could not cross the quarterfinals or semi-finals stage.

Sindhu would be looking for the same performance in the finals tomorrow. The Indian had a dream run in the Singapore Open 2022 winning all her matches defeating L Tan by 21-15, 21-11. She was given a tough fight in the second-round match against Nguyen of Vietnam winning in three games by 19-21, 21-19, and 21-18 to move into the quarterfinals. She then defeated Han Yue of China by 17-21, 21-11, and 21-19.



 





PV Sindhu moves into the finals of the Singapore Open 2022 

 

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