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Tuesday, Jun 24, 2025
Sindhu beat Japan's Nozomi Okuhara 21-7, 21-7 in a one-sided summit clash in Basel to clinch her and India's maiden gold in the World Championships.
She won 21-7, 21-7 to become the first Indian to clinch the World Championships gold.
There was good news for India in the men's doubles event as the pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty moved into the quarterfinals.
Sindhu will face 2017 winner Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the summit clash on Sunday.
The feeling has not yet sunk in, said India's first badminton world champion P V Sindhu after she was given an exuberant welcome on her return to the country which included a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
P V Sindhu scripted history as she won the World Championships gold by beating Nozomi Okuhara of Japan.
It was Sindhu and Saina's mentor and current chief national coach P Gopichand, who was the last Indian to win the championship back in 2001.
B Sai Praneeth and Parupalli Kashyap also advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Tour Super 500 event after contrasting wins in the men's singles competition.
In men's singles, 2017 Singapore Open champion B Sai Praneeth defeated compatriot HS Prannoy 21-19 21-19 in a pulsating contest.
Earlier, Saina Nehwal had pulled out of the country's blue-riband tournament after failing to recover from acute gastroenteritis.
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