Gregoria Mariska Tunjung of Indonesia defeated PV Sindhu of India to win the title at the Specialists in Madrid, Spain.
Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska Tunjung defeated India’s P V Sindhu in a lopsided women’s singles title match on a mistake-filled Sunday at the Madrid Spain Masters Super 300 badminton tournament.
Sindhu, who had dropped out of the elite top 10 following a string of early exits following her return from a five-month injury layoff, appeared completely clueless during her 8-21, 8-21 loss to world number 12 Tunjung at Centro Deportivo Municipal Gallur. Sindhu was beaten by Tunjung.
Sindhu appeared to be a pale, depressed remnant of herself as her chance to win her first championship in a long time vanished, despite the fact that the Indonesian, who was 23 at the time, had a 7-0 advantage going into the finals.
In a pivotal year, when the Paris Olympic capacity process begins in a month, the last victory will strengthen her faith.
Sindhu won a world title at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in August 2022, and she also won a world tour title at the Singapore Open in July of last year. The Hyderabadi-born 27-year-old failed to defend her Swiss Open title after Korea’s Park Tae Sang left. Vidhi Chaudhary is instructing her at the moment.
By dominating each match during the week and arriving at the last, the Indian exhibited her ability. However, Tunjung performed better than Sindhu on Sunday. Tunjung, a member of the Indonesian women’s team that won the Asia Gathering Championships in 2022, held the lesser title for the most recent time. Tunjung is very good at thinking critically.
By placing the shuttle in Sindhu’s forehand corner, Tunjung attempted to get her to the net. Thus, the Indonesian group took a mid 5-1 lead.
Tunjung helped her get to 10-5 before taking a five-point lead at halftime with precise and angled returns. The lead was diminished to 5-7 when Sindhu tried to recover. Despite Sindhu’s string of poor decisions, Tunjung outperformed Sindhu at the backline with her deceitful strokes and propensity to win.
The Indonesian won the match with a body smash, making it 19-6, after charging at the net with yet another spectacular shot. After that, he scored 12 concentrations to win the game.
Tunjung won the first game in just 11 minutes after Sindhu scored. Sindhu had to move around the court as the rhythm was set by Tunjung’s whirlwind of strokes. Through extensive strokeplay, Tunjung defeated the Indian in the subsequent match by a score of 1-6. As the one-way traffic continued, the Indonesian appeared to be in great shape with her smooth defensive skills.
Due to yet another wristy net play, Tunjung held a significant lead of 11-3 at the break. The Indonesian continued after securing yet another impressive victory. Tunjung pounded Sindhu with jaw-dropping angled returns to quickly move to 16-4 before moving to 19-6.
The youthful Indonesian Sindhu came out on top for 12 championships notwithstanding making one more web-based mistake while recording her woman world visit title. She quickly carried it out.