India Super Series: P V Sindhu enters final, sets up title date with Carolina Marin

India's Pusaria V. Sindhu plays a shot against South Korea's Sung Ji Hyun during their women's singles semi-final badminton match at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2017 tournament in New Delhi on April 1, 2017. Pic/ AFP

New Delhi: Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu set up a mouth-watering summit clash with Olympic champion Carolina Marin after a hard-fought win over World No 4 Korean Sung Ji Hyun in the semi-finals of the India Super Series in New Delhi on Saturday. Cheered on by a sizable crowd at the Siri Fort Sports Complex, Sindhu dished out a superb game of badminton to outwit second seeded Hyun 21-18 14-21 21-14 in a battle of nerves where fortunes fluctuated frequently.

The fans will get a chance to witness an exciting finale, which will be a rematch of the Olympic final which was watched by millions of fans across the globe. Earlier, two-time World Champion Marin of Spain defeated Japan's Akane Yamaguchi, seeded fourth, 21-16 21-14 in an easy contest to reach the finals. Coming into the match with a 6-4 head-to-head record, Sindhu displayed nerves of steel as she produced some scintillating low lifts and dominated the nets to see off her
opponent.