P.V. Sindhu creates history Friday by assuring India of at least one medal

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Tenth seed P.V. Sindhu created history Friday by assuring India of at least a bronze medal at the World Badminton Championships, beating former World No.1 Shixian Wang in straight games at the Tianhe Indoor Stadium here. Sindhu had already caused a big upset Thursday by knocking out defending champion Yihan Wang of China. The 18-year-old took just 55 minutes to oust the seventh seeded Chinese 21-18, 21-17 in the women's singles quarterfinal to go 2-0 up in career meetings. This is only the ...

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