Thailand Open 2018, Women's Singles, Final: PV Sindhu vs Nozomi Okuhara, Live Match Updates

Final Score: Nozomi Okuhara beats PV Sindhu; 21-15, 21-18.

Updated: 15 July 2018 16:51 IST - Published: 15 July 2018 13:48 IST

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Sindhu finishes second in the tournament.

OKUHARA WINS THE THAILAND OPEN!
The Japanese with a superb display to win the tournament. She was a league above her opponent PV Sindhu today.

Final Score: Nozomi Okuhara beats PV Sindhu; 21-15, 21-18.

Match point, Okuhara.

Sindhu sends the shuttle out-of-bounds trying to hit a smash.

Can Sindhu take advantage of her new-found momentum?

18-18! Sindhu is level!

OH WOW! WHAT A RALLY! The crowd is up on their feat after what they have just witnessed! A rally of more than thirty shots as both player respond to each-others' shots. Okuhara sends the shuttle flying outside to lose the point. 17-18.

Okuhara with another smash! 16-18.

16-17! Sindhu within touching distance.

Wow! All credit must go to Okuhara, even though she lost the point. The Japanese does superbly to reply to not one, not two but THREE of Sindhu's smashes! However, Okuhara loses her balance and concedes the point eventually! 15-17.

And yet another smash by Okuhara! The Japanese is looking unbeatable right now! 14-17.

What a smash by Okuhara! She is looking to finish the match off quickly! 14-16.

Sindhu loses her composure and hits the shuttle out-of-bounds! 14-15.

Okuhara challenging this time. The shuttle is in by a whisker and Okuhara loses the challenge! Sindhu is level! 14-14.

Sindhu challenges the umpire's call. She is claiming the shuttle went out. However, the replay shows that the shuttle dropped inside the court and Sindhu loses the challenge. 12-14.

An error by Sindhu as she lets the shuttle fall into her court, thinking that it was going outside. 12-13, Okuhara leads.

Over twenty shots in the rally, after which Okuhara sends the shuttle oustide! 12-12.

Okuhara doing in this game what Sindhu couldn't in the previous one! She is leveling with Sindhu again and again, even after trailing multiple times!

And it is level yet again! 11-11.

Okuhara gets the point as play resumes! 11-10.

Sindhu reaches the eleven point mark first! We go into a mid-game break! 11-9, Sindhu leads.

9-9! The match is level yet again!

This time Okuhara's smash works! 9-8.

Okuhara hits the net! 9-7.

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