PV Sindhu, Sameer Verma reach Hong Kong Open badminton 2016 final
PV Sindhu, Sameer Verma reach Hong Kong Open badminton 2016 final
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National champion Sameer Verma dazed the world no. 3 Jan O Jorgensen of Denmark to achieve his lady Super Series last. Then, Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu made it to her second progressive summit conflict in ladies' singles at the Hong Kong Open, on Saturday.

It was a twofold bonanza for India at the Hong Kong Open, the last Super Series competition of the season, as Sameer and Sindhu doled out some wonderful exhibitions to make it a super Sunday for Indian badminton fans on Sunday.

The 22-year-old Sameer, who is the more youthful sibling of Sourabh Verma, demonstrated colossal physicality and precision in his strokes to score up a hard-battled 21-19, 24-22 win over Denmark's Jorgensen, who had secured the prestigious China Super Series Premier a week ago. Sameer, who came into the competition as a qualifier, will battle for the title against neighborhood most loved Ng Ka Long Angus.

Recently delegated China Open champion, Sindhu, in the mean time, proceeded with her rampaging run and arranged nearby shuttle Cheung Ngan Yi 21-14, 21-16 in a 46-minute match to set up a conflict with Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying, seeded fourth, to lay claim for her second super arrangement title.

The highlight of the day was Sameer's shocking win over Jorgensen, who achieved the finals at China Open Super Series Premier, Japan Open (Runner-up) and Indonesia Open Super Series Premier (Runner-up) this year.

Sameer  is one of the finest wins of his profession, Sameer punched path over his weight as he opened up a huge 12-7 lead at an opportune time in the opening diversion. Nonetheless, Jorgensen guaranteed he was not long ways behind as he mauled back to lessen the edge to 10-11 at the interim.

Jorgensen made Sameer keep running over the court yet the youthful Indian was available most times and coordinated the Dane stroke for stroke to be 17-17. Sameer walked ahead after that and snatched three diversion focuses when the Dane hit the net.

A difficult rally followed with Jorgensen depending on his wrist returns and delicate net play to spare two focuses. Sameer, at last, took the main amusement in the wake of winning a video referral when Jorgensen hit long.

In the second amusement, Jorgensen began on a forceful note, opening up a solid 11-5 lead at the interim. In any case, a dirty Sameer battled back to draw level at 12-12 and after that took a slim 13-12 lead.

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