NEW DELHI: India's PV Sindhu won her third Super Series title beating Nozomi Okuhara 22-20, 11-21, 21-18 in the women's singles final of the Korea Open in a thrilling encounter in Seoul on Sunday. Sindhu got on top of the long rallies but Okuhara put up a strong resistance picking up the Sindhu's smashes with ease. Okuhara, looked strong in the rallies, but Sindhu's reach made it tough for the Japanese to place her shots beyond the Indian. Okuhara claimed the second game with thumping 10-point margin to take the final to the third and the deciding game.Okuhara got things running in the final game, before Sindhu took over. Okuhara though was not going down without a fight but Sindhu managed to stave off the spirited Japanese by winning the longest- 56-shot - rally of the match that took Sindhu to 19-16.

Source: Times of India September 17, 2017 06:56 UTC