PV Sindhu vs Nozomi Okuhara, Live Badminton score and updates, Korea Open Super Series 2017 Final

Sindhu beats Okuhara 22-20, 11-21, 21-18 to win the Korea Open Superseries title.

Updated: 17 September 2017 12:34 IST - Published: September, 17 2017 11:21 AM IST

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This is the first time in a year that Sindhu won two Superseries titles in one season. She has earlier won the India Open Superseries in March. She also reigned supreme at the Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold in January.

What was interesting to see is how Sindhu outsmarted Okuhara at the net! Her tendency to throw in that backhand volley stunned Okuhara many times and she forced the Japanese to commit mistakes.

It took yet another display of guts and gumption and a lot of perseverance from PV Sindhu to finally break the Okuhara barrier!

What a way to avenge the World Championships defeat!

Final score: 22-20, 11-21, 21-18 win for PV Sindhu

Okuhara sends the shuttle out

PV SINDHU IS THE KOREA OPEN CHAMPION!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okuhara saves one

18-20

THREE MATCH POINTS FOR SINDHU

20-17

But Sindhu sends the shuttle wide now

19-17

WHAT A RALLY!!!!!!!

Sindhu gets the point after a 56-shot rally and she lies on the court!!!!!!

And she concedes a vital point with an error

18-16

Sindhu targets the backline but she misses it

18-15

Sindhu punctures into the defensive wall

18-14

This time Okuhara replies with a great shot that lands on the backline

Sindhu up 17-14

And Sindhu uses her lethal backhand volley to stun Okuhara

17-13

What a BRUTAL RALLY!

It ends on an Okuhara error!

Sindhu up 16-13

15-13 now

15-12

A pumped-up Sindhu comes out on top of a net exchange

15-11

Okuhara trails 11-14 now

But here she comes to make a thunderous response at the net!

10-14

14-9 now as Okuhara clearly looking slow and sluggish

Again repetition of it!

13-9

Wow! Will that prove to be costly?

12-8

Sindhu lets it go and it lands inside the backline!

12-7 for Sindhu as Okuhara yet again errs

2 points on the trot for the Japanese!

Trails 7-11

Okuhara looks slightly jaded and is not playing intelligently anymore. Sindhu taking full advantage of it by going for all-out attack and extracting errors from her.

But this is still far from over!

11-5 ADVANTAGE FOR SINDHU AT HALF-TIME

FIVE POINT LEAD FOR SINDHU

10-5

8-4

7-4 for the Indian as Sindhu continues to attack

Yet another error from the Japanese

Sindhu manages to force error out of Okuhara...5-4

And it is quickly 4-4

Pusarla takes a 4-3 lead

All level at 3-3

2-2

Sindhu is on the board...1-2

THIRD GAME

2-0 for Okuhara

It's 21-11 for the world champion

20-11

19-10 now for the world champion

Okuhara is so much in control of the proceedings...hardly conceding any point

16-9

Error from Sindhu at the net

9-15

14-9 now

14-8 now

Sindhu nearly stumbles! That's the brilliance of Okuhara!

The latter up 13-8

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