Another champion’s laurel comes home. Congratulations to P.V. Sindhu who won the title of the BWF World Tour Finals, and also became the first Indian to lift a BWF season-ending coronet.
P.V. Sindhu, the 2016 Rio Olympic silver medalist, shaped history on 16th December 2018 as she became the first Indian to win the BWF World Tour Final. She conquered Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara, the 2017 world champion, by 21-19 21-17 in the final match that lasted for an hour and two minutes. Earlier, Sindhu defeated Ratchanok by 21-16, 25-23 in the semi-finals to go through the finals of the season-ending BWF World Tour competition.
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Talking about the match, Sindhu said, ‘Sometimes I was thinking of the last final; but I said that’s not the time I should be thinking about,” she agreed, talking to the BWF, adding that she was thrilled at finally winning a major title. ‘I got really emotional since it was my first gold.’
‘Normally we think how do I shout or what should I do to celebrate, but I had nothing in my mind. I didn’t even shake hands with Nozomi and then umpire said ‘Sindhu it’s time you shook hands with her.’ But she had come over to my side to give me a hand. That moment I just had tears in my eyes, I wanted this win very much and I got it,’ she would elucidate the whip of her feelings.
"I am the winner. No one can say I don’t win in finals, I have won the gold and this win is really special to me."
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Sindhu’s coach Gopichand applauded his acclaimed player for not just winning the final but thumping quality players. ‘Beating them all in one week is special. She finishes the year on a high, she’s had medals at the big events which were the target this year: Worlds, Asiad, Cwg and Tour finals,’ he said.
Speaking on the outlook, he added, ‘2020 will be the big one and 2022 Asian Games and CWG are significant for us. Having said that, the All England will be our target the next year,’ he declared.
