Badminton News: PV Sindhu to face Akane Yamaguchi in Indonesia Open final

After suffering a string of disappointing losses earlier in the year, India's badminton queen Pusarla Venkata Sindhu has finally regained her form. Her losses in earlier tournaments had left many worried as she seemed incapable of competing and fighting on the court when the going got tough. But in the ongoing Indonesia Open Super 1000 event of the BWF World Tour, she is showing that competitive streak that has given her an Olympic silver and two World Championship silvers. Sindhu first defeated Nozomi Okuhara in the quarter-final and then thrashed All England champion Chen Yufei to enter her first final in a World Tour event this year. What has been most impressive about the performance of the 24-year old is her tenacity and composure – things that seemed to be completely missing from her game in the earlier tournaments. Her net play seems to be good and she is able to keep the defence tight. Sindhu would have expected a tough contest from Tai Tzu Ying in the final but the Chinese Taipei player was herself knocked out by Akane Yamaguchi in straight games.