India’s PV Sindhu couldn’t make it two Super Series titles in two weeks as she lost to world No. 3 Tai Tzu Ying 15-21, 17-21. Sindhu had come into this tournament closely on the heels of an unbeaten run of nine matches panning China Open Superseries last week.  It took her 41 minutes to dispatch Sindhu despite playing a marathon semi-final against Carolina Marin who isn’t an easy customer herself.

Sindhu was her usual gritty self but her power game came up short against the clinical Ying. Both games started with the players toe-to-toe but as the game progressed, Tai Tzu got better with her execution of shots and in reading Sindhu’s play. However, the Indian can’t quite say that with the Taipei player providing plenty of examples of deft touches at the net and dogged persistence to return points.