{"id":3651,"date":"2017-12-16T16:28:04","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T10:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.smartworld.asia\/?p=3651"},"modified":"2017-12-16T16:29:04","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T10:59:04","slug":"dubai-superseries-final-pv-sindhu-takes-chen-yufei-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/dubai-superseries-final-pv-sindhu-takes-chen-yufei-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai Superseries Final: PV Sindhu Takes on Chen Yufei Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

After making a clean sweep of the group stages, PV Sindhu will play China\u2019s Chen Yufei in the semis of the Dubai Superseries Finals<\/h2>\n

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World No 3 Sindhu defeated Japan\u2019s Akane Yamaguchi 21-9, 21-13 in just 36 minutes to top Group A in women\u2019s singles.<\/p>\n

Sindhu, who clinched two Super Series titles this season before winning a silver at the World Championship, will on Saturday face China’s Chen Yufei, who saw off Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon 21-18, 13-21, 21-18 in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

The Japanese again narrowed it down to 8-9 before an accurate down-the-line smash and an error at the net by Yamaguchi helped Sindhu enter the lemon break with a three-point advantage.<\/p>\n

Yamaguchi won points sporadically, exploiting the Indian’s backhand a couple of times, but she failed to curb her unforced errors.<\/p>\n

At 18-6, Sindhu committed a fault at the net but she followed that with a smash and gained 13 game points when her opponent went wide again.<\/p>\n

A deceptive return and another miscued stroke by Yamaguchi handed Sindhu seven match points and she sealed it with a quick reflex near the net.<\/p>\n

After two straight losses, Srikanth stretched Shi Yuqi to the decider after grabbing the second game but he was no match to his opponent in the third game.<\/p>\n

It turned out to be an anti-climax for Srikanth, who became the first Indian to win four Super Series title this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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