Fuzhou: PV Sindhu showed nerves of steel as she secured a place in the China Open final after beating South Korea’s Sung Ji Hyun in a thrilling semifinal on Saturday.
The Indian Olympic silver medallist saved three match points to get past her South Korean opppoent to seal her place in her first final since her supershow in Rio Olympics.
Sindhu, who had lost the first game 11-21, made a stunning comeback to clinch the next two games 23-21, 21-19 and win the semifinal.
Sindhu had advanced to the semifinals of the China Open after defeating local favourite He Bingjiao in straight games at the USD 700,000 Super Series Premier event on Friday.
Seventh seed Sindhu notched up a 22-20, 21-10 win over Bingjiao, who has won four titles – Bitburger Open, French Open, Japan Open and Swiss Open – this season in women's singles competition.
