PV Sindhu vs Carolina Marin Live Badminton Score and Commentary India Open Final

PV Sindhu beats Carolina Marin 21-19, 21-16.

Updated: 02 April 2017 19:31 IST - Published: 02 April 2017 14:03 IST

This is Sindhu's second Superseries title.

India's two shuttle queens - Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu - have both thus won the India Open Superseries.

What a year this is for PV Sindhu! She is unbeaten at home this year. First she won the Syed Modi International title in January and now she gets the India Open Superseries title as well.

FINAL SCORE: 21-19, 21-16

Marin finds the net and Sindhu wins!!!!!!

One saved

Match points and five of them for Sindhu at 20-15

It is 19-15 now

Once again great net play from Sindhu for 19-14

It is 18-13 now

Sindhu targeting Marin's backhands for 17-13

It is 15-13 for the Indian

Marin is trying to rotate her shots to put Sindhu out of position.

It is 15-10 now

But Sindhu takes 3 quick points for a 14-9 lead

But Sindhu needs to be cautious. Marin has come back to 9-11

It is 11-7 to Sindhu at the interval

Sindhu's power play is not helping Marin at all. Her errors have now helped Sindhu to go up to 10-7

Sindhu up 8-6

Sindhu extending the rallies now to tire the southpaw.

Great speed and aggression from Marin to trail 6-7

As Sindhu's shot lands long, her lead has been cut down to 6-4

Marin looking more and more off-colour now and missing quite a few at the net

Undeterred, Sindhu extends her lead to 6-2

Marin takes a couple of points to cut the lead down to 2 points...trailing 2-4

And the home hope races ahead to 4-0

SECOND GAME

Sindhu starts off with a 2-0 lead!!!

What a finish that was from the Olympic silver medallist! 3 consecutive points she won from 18-19.

It is 21-19 to Sindhu with a big smash!!!!

Game point for Sindhu at 20-19

19-19

Things getting tighter here...Marin leads 19-18

And the Olympic champion inches ahead to 18-17

Marin is not letting Sindhu build on her lead

17-17 now

Big smash from Marin for 16-16

It is 16-15 now for the Indian

Marin has made it a one-point gap now. She trails 14-15

Body smash from PV. She leads 14-12

Big lob from the Olympic champion for 12-13

Sindhu finds her shot blocked by the net. It is 13-11 now

Sindhu still in the lead at 12-10

At half-time, Sindhu leads 11-9

Her attacking game makes it 9-10

Carolina has closed it to 8-10

It is 10-7 now

Big roar as the Indian goes up to 9-7

By taking it early, Sindhu soars to 8-6

7-5 now for Sindhu

Delicate drop from PV for 7-4

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