Tokyo: The authorship of the World Champion PV Sindhu on Sunday becomes only the first woman of India and the country’s first to win two Olympic medals, secure bronze after the victory takes place directly in the world No.9 HE Jiao in China’s third badminton woman – play-off.
Sindhu, who has returned with a medal from each large ticket event such as the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games and Final Tour World BWF in the last five years, surpassed the eighth seed Bing Jiao 21-13, 21-15 to add bronze to the silver he got In the Rio 2016 game.
Wrestler Sushil Kumar was the first and the only Indians who won two Olympic medals, following up bronze in 2008 Beijing with silver in the London edition of 2012.
Against the opponent, who had defeated nine times so far in the last 15 meetings , Sindhu showed great determination to defeat Bing Jiao with aggression to take the Indian third medal in Tokyo.
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Sindhu showed great fortitude when he recovered from the loss of the painful semi-final for the world No.
1 Tzu Tzu Ying and produced an aggressive performance at the Musashino Forest Plaza on Sunday.
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Bindra Oly (@abhinav_bindra) 1627820760000sindhu ran up 4-0 from the beginning but Bing Jiao began to involve him in the demonstration and waiting for him to make a mistake.
The rally began to be intense when Bing Jiao set up points with the return of italics and pushed flat for Claw back at 5-5.
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Sindhu ended another extraordinary rally with a Smash Court Court and entered the interval with the other down the line at 11-8.
Indians increase speed after a break to collect three more points and see total controls to pocket the opening game when their opponents widen.
P V Sindhu became the first Indian woman to win a medal in two Olympic matches.
He has set new benchmarks.
Lead 4-1 with a cross.
Bing Jiao tried to change momentum but Sindhu drove half attacking and slices to keep his nose ahead at intervals with a three-point lead.
Bing Jiao removes the deficit quickly before the smash right on the line helps control again Sindhu.
He immediately restored a three-point lead with another Cross Court decline.
Indians did not allow the advantage of sneaking and won five match points with other trademark smash and when Bing Jiao widened, he held his head by disbelief before issuing a call.
Previously, the Single Sai Praneeth single player and a double pair of men Chirag Shetty and Satwikaraj Ranking had failed to qualify for the KO stage.