In the hard-fought title clash, Sindhu managed to stay strong in the key moments to come up against the 22-year-old Wang, the reigning Asian Championships gold medallist.
India is assured of a silver as Srikanth and Sen will face each other in the first semifinal Saturday. Sindhu lost to top-seeded Chinese Taipei player Tai Tzu.
Sindhu defeated China's He Bing Jiao in straight sets in the women's singles third-place play-off to add a bronze medal to her silver that she had secured at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
On Friday, Sindhu had stormed into the semi-finals of the women's singles event after defeating Japan's number four seed Akane Yamaguchi in the quarterfinals.
World No. 7 Sindhu, who had claimed a silver medal in the last edition in Rio, prevailed over world No. 34 Cheung 21-9 21-16 in a 35-minute match to top the group.
The reigning world champion, seeded sixth, beat the 58th ranked Polikarpova 21-7 21-10 in a lop-sided opening match in the women’s singles group J match Sunday.
World badminton champ PV Sindhu Monday left fans in a tizzy with a Twitter post declaring she was retiring. However, her message had more to do with Covid than badminton. Read the post here.
Fauja Singh, 114, died after being hit by a speeding car. His death renews questions about India’s deadly roads, rising accidents, and poor traffic discipline.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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