Heartbreak for Sindhu at Denmark Open final

Update: 2015-10-19 23:38 GMT
P V Sindhu dream run at the Denmark Open ended in agony as the Indian shuttler suffered a straight-game defeat against Olympic champion Li Xuerui of China in the final of the USD 650,000 Super Series Premier badminton event, here today. Playing her maiden Super Series final, the two-time bronze medallist at the World Championship Sindhu could not break the stranglehold of Li, who played a compact game and rode on her repertoire of strokes to notch up a 21-19 21-12 win in the summit clash which lasted 47 minutes. In the opening game, Li opened up a slender 3-0 lead early on but Sindhu soon wrested control at 8-6 and then ended the break with <g data-gr-id="8">a 11-10</g> lead. After the breather, Sindhu stepped on the gas and zoomed to a massive 16-10 lead.

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