BWF World Tour Finals: PV Sindhu scripts consolation win, Kidambi Srikanth bows out with defeat
FirstpostBangkok: Already out of contention for the knockouts, world champion PV Sindhu ended her campaign with a consolation win at the BWF World Tour Finals but Kidambi Srikanth had a disappointing finish after yet another close defeat on Friday. Sindhu, the Olympic silver medallist, notched up a 21-18, 21-15 win over world number 13 Pornpawee Chochuwong in her third and final match after suffering defeats in the first two days. Now I’ll go back home, be happy, take some rest and come back stronger.” In men’s singles, both the players entered the inconsequential match with a 2-2 head-to-head record. World number 14 Srikanth once again claimed the opening game after fighting his way from 4-6 down but his opponents, placed eighth in the BWF rankings, rallied to win the next two games and seal the issue in his favour.