PV sindhu vs Wang Zhi Yi Highlights, Singapore Open 2022: Sindhu wins 21-9, 11-21, 21-15, collects third title of year

Sindhu proudly stands atop the podium at the end of her Singapore campaign!

Indian hockey icon Viren Rasquinha joins the celebrations on Twitter following Sindhu’s victory

Yessss!!! Come on!!! Congrats @Pvsindhu1 What an amazing win for Sindhu vs Wang Zhi Yi of China in 3 tense games. 3rd title of the year and first Super 500 title. You could see how much it meant to her.

— Viren Rasquinha (@virenrasquinha) July 17, 2022

Here’s a look at how the women’s singles final went down at the Singapore Open

Game 3: PV Sindhu 21-15 Wang Zhi Yi

SINDHU WINS HER THIRD TITLE OF 2022, AS WELL AS HER FIRST SUPER 500 TITLE! She wins the women’s singles final 21-9, 11-21 and 21-15 in a match lasting 58 minutes.

Zhi Yi hits one outside the side line and Sindhu raises her arms in celebration!

Game 3: PV Sindhu 18-14 Wang Zhi Yi

Sindhu’s closing in on the title now, leading by four points at the moment! The Indian is locked in a battle of smashes, and manages to place one out of Zhi Yi’s reach to win the quick fire rally. Just three points away now!

Game 3: PV Sindhu 15-11 Wang Zhi Yi

Zhi Yi narrows the gap to just one point, but Sindhu doubles it with a body smash that Zhi Yi isn’t able to fend. She hits the next one deep towards the baseline, with the shuttle landing fractionally inside just as the Chinese shuttler looks to leave it.

Sindhu then opens up a four-point lead with another smash, this time aimed at Zhi Yi’s feet.

Game 3: PV Sindhu 11-9 Wang Zhi Yi

Zhi Yi collects a hat-trick points on the other side of the break, showing intent right away and narrowing the gap two just two.

Game 3: PV Sindhu 11-6 Wang Zhi Yi

Like Game 1, Sindhu starts the final game slow but is quick to catch up. At the water break, she leads by five points and is now the strong contender to come out on top in the end.

Game 3: PV Sindhu 7-5 Wang Zhi Yi

A sensational 28-shot rally between Sindhu and Zhi Yi ends with a drop shot that the latter fails to return, resulting in Sindhu collecting her sixth point and edging ahead. Zhi Yi hits the next one out of the side line to give Sindhu a two-point lead.

Game 3: PV Sindhu 4-3 Wang Zhi Yi

Sindhu grabs the early lead in the final game as a return from Zhi Yi finds the net. Zhi Yi though fights back to collect the next three points, with Sindhu burning a challenge along the way. Sindhu collects her second point with a defiant smash, before drawing level with some deft net play.

Zhi Yi hits the net again, and this time Sindhu’s in the lead!

Some comeback by Zhi Yi in Game 2

Game 2: PV Sindhu 11-21 Wang Zhi Yi

It’s one-all going into the final game of the women’s singles final, with Wang Zhi Yi mounting a solid comeback in Game 2, clinching it with a 10-point gap.

Game 2: PV Sindhu 10-17 Wang Zhi Yi

Sindhu’s not giving up even though Zhi Yi’s within sight of clinching the second game, as she moves to 10 points with back-to-back cross-court shots. Zhi Yi meanwhile burns a couple of her challenges along the way, and is left with none.

Game 2: PV Sindhu 5-14 Wang Zhi Yi

Sindhu starts off on the other side of the interval with a clinical cross-court smash, ending Zhi Yi’s serve. It’s a bit of a see-saw battle between the two thereafter.

Game 2: PV Sindhu 3-11 Wang Zhi Yi

If Sindhu dominated the opening game, this one has belong to Wang Zhi Yi so far as she leads by eight points at the water break in Game 2

Game 2: PV Sindhu 2-7 Wang Zhi Yi

Sindhu collects a couple of points after conceding six on the trot to Zhi Yi, but ends up conceding a seventh as an overhead shot ends up hitting the net.

Game 2: PV Sindhu 0-6 Wang Zhi Yi

Well, well, well… the interval certainly appears to have done Zhi Yi’s confidence a world of good as she has come out all guns blazing in the second game, and has collected six consecutive points already!

Sindhu bossed Game 1. Can she pull off something similar in Game 2?

PV Sindhu 21-9 Wang Zhi Yi

Despite Zhi Yi’s spirited comeback on the other side of the water break, Sindhu closes out Game 1 21-9 and is now within sight of the title! Has been a dominant performance so far from the Hyderabad, who collected 13 points in a row before being broken by her Chinese opponent.

PV Sindhu 16-6 Wang Zhi Yi

Zhi Yi finally breaks Sindhu’s run after conceding 13 consecutive points. The Chinese shuttler is certainly putting up a better challenge on the other side of the break, but it will be a herculean effort for her to catch up with the Hyderabadi.

PV Sindhu 11-2 Wang Zhi Yi

Sindhu’s won 11 consecutive points at the water break, and it seems there’s no stopping her at the moment. Game 1 is hers to lose at the moment!

PV Sindhu 8-2 Wang Zhi Yi

Sindhu’s absolutely bossing the proceedings at the moment, collecting eight consecutive points to surge ahead after conceding the early lead to Zhi Yi. Can she maintain her charge from here?

PV Sindhu 2-2 Wang Zhi Yi

The Chinese shuttler grabs the early lead, going two-nil up before Sindhu opens her account with some deft net play. She draws level the very next point as Zhi Yi finds the net while attempting a return.

The women’s singles final is set to begin shortly! It will begin the final day’s proceedings at the 2022 Singapore Open, with the day ending with the men’s singles final.

PV Sindhu road to Singapore Open final:

— defeated Lianne Tan 21-15, 21-11

— defeated Thuy Linh Ngủyen 19-21, 21-19, 21-18

— defeated Han Yue 17-21, 21-11, 21-19

— defeated Saena Kawakami 21-15, 21-7

PV Sindhu, a double Olympic medallist, who had claimed two Super 300 titles at Syed Modi International and Swiss Open this year, prevailed 21-15, 21-7 over world number 38 Saena Kawakami in a 32-minute last-four clash.