INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
India badminton star PV Sindhu set to face Spanish seventh seed and two-time world champion Carolina Marin in the final of the BWF Badminton
Sindhu defeated Japanese second seed Akane Yamaguchi in straight games to enter her second consecutive final of the competition
Third seed Sindhu, a three-time World Championships medallist, registered a 21-16, 24-22 win over Yamaguchi in the semi-final clash
The Rio Olympics medallist took 55 minutes to edge past Yamaguchi
Carolina, the 2016 Olympic gold medallist, overcame China's sixth seed He Bingjiao with a 13-21, 21-16, 21-13 victory in an hour and nine
minutes in the other semi-final.13:27 IST: India batting legend Sachin Tendulkar's message for Sindhu.13:23 IST: Former India cricketer VVS
Laxman wished Sindhu ahead of the final.13:17 IST: Overall, Marin has a 6-5 advantage over Sindhu, who had beaten the Spaniard in their last
encounter at the Malaysia Open in June.13:15 IST: Sindhu had lost to Marin in the final of 2016 Rio Olympics.12:38 IST: PV Sindhu has a
great chance of winning a gold medal for the first time for India.12:35 IST: India have 7 medals at the World Championship - 2 Silver and 5
Bronze.12:26 IST: The women's double match between Japan's Mayu Matsumoto - Wakana Nagahara and Japan's Yuki Fukushima - Sayaka Hirota has
Japan's Matsumoto - Wakana Nagahara have won the title clash 19-12, 21-19, 22-20.12:00 IST: Hello and welcome to the Live coverage of the
BWF Badminton World Championship final between PV Sindhu and Carolina Marin.The final pits Sindhu against Carolina, who defeated the
Hyderabadi in the Rio Games 2016
Even though they have won six matches each against each other, Sindhu has won three out of four games she faced Carolina since the final
loss in Rio.For Sindhu, it will be yet another great opportunity to become the first Indian to win a world title as she continues to drive
the country's badminton to newer heights.In the mixed doubles final, Chinese top seeds Zheng and Huang Yaqiong will meet compatriot second
seeds Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping.The women's doubles final will be an all-Japanese affair between second seeds Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka
Hirota and 11th seeds Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara.In the men's doubles final, Japanese fifth seeds Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda
will take on Chinese fourth seeds Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen.
