Thailand Open: PV Sindhu goes down to Okuhara in final

India's PV Sindhu

Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu's title drought this year continued as she suffered a straight-game defeat against Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in the summit clash of the Thailand Open here yesterday.

Second seed Sindhu struggled with her consistency throughout the duel as fourth seeded Okuhara dominated the proceedings to beat the Indian 21-15, 21-18 in exactly 50 minutes.

It was Sindhu's third disappointment in a final this year following her defeats in the summit clash of the India Open and Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. Sindhu, who had an ankle strain ahead of the CWG and missed the Uber Cup final, reached semi-final and quarter-final in her last two tournaments - in Malaysia and Indonesia - before this one.

World No. 3 Sindhu showed glimpses of her best against World No. 8 Okuhara, who besides the initial part of the second game, looked in complete control over the proceedings. Okuhara took no time to get her grip on the match by taking a 6-2 lead in the opening game.

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