Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu notched up a thrilling three-game win in the women’s singles as defending champions Chennai Smashers eked out a 4-3 win over Mumbai Rockets in the third Premier Badminton League (PBL) here today. World Championship silver medallist Sindhu entertained the handful of badminton aficionados at the Siri Fort sports complex with a come from behind 12-15 15-7 15-9 win over Mumbai Rocket’s Beiwen Zhang in an exciting women’s singles match. READ | No motivation for youngsters to take up badminton doubles: Ashwini PonnappaChennai had lost their opening match 3-4 to Awadhe Warriors at Guwahati, while Mumbai had won 4-1 against Delhi Dashers in their opening match. In women’s singles, Sindhu took little time to get off the mark as Beiwen looked in better control and led 8-6 at one stage before closing out the opening game. It was not an easy match,” Sindhu said after the match.

Source: Hindustan Times December 27, 2017 17:48 UTC