India's star shuttler and two-time Olympic champion PV Sindhu has won the women's singles title at the Syed Modi International Badminton Tournament. She defeated India's young shuttler Malvika Bansod in the final. In the final played in Lucknow on Sunday, Sindhu defeated Malvika 21-13, 21-16 in successive games. This is top seed Sindhu's second Syed Modi BWF World Tour Super 300 event title. Earlier he had won this title in 2017. The final match lasted 35 minutes.
Saina Nehwal holds the record for winning the most number of titles in women's singles at the Syed Modi International. Saina won the title in 2009, 2014 and 2015. At the same time, Chetan Anand (2009), Parupalli Kashyap (2015), Kidambi Srikanth (2016) and Sameer Verma (2017, 2018) have won the singles title in men.
At the same time, in mixed doubles, the pair of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto of India won the title. In the final, she defeated the pair of T Hema Nagendra and Srivedya 21-16, 21-12. The match lasted 29 minutes.
Earlier, the men's singles match could not be held due to Corona. Before the final, a player was found corona infected. After this, the organizers did not get this match done. The winner will be announced without a match. In the men's singles final, only two French players Arnoud Merkel and Lucas Clarebot were faces to face.
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