<p class="title">Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu advanced into the women's singles final after registering a hard-fought victory over Indonesia's Gregoria Mariska Tunjung at the USD 350,000 Thailand Open World Tour Super 500 tournament here on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The second-seeded Indian continued her unbeaten run in the Thai capital with a 23-21, 16-21, 21-9 win over Tunjung in a match that lasted an hour.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In what is expected to be a high-voltage summit showdown, Sindhu will lock horns with Nozomi Okuhara in a rematch of the last World Championship, in which the Japanese prevailed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The world No 3 Indian pipped Tunjung to win the first game that went down to the wire, separated by just two points.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the second game, Sindhu played with much more variation and mixed things up to unsettle her opponent. She took a 9-5 lead on the back of some incredible net-play but squandered it as Tunjung reeled off four points to lead 11-9 at the lemon break.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After trailing 10-16, Sindhu earned three consecutive points but it went in vain as she lost the game, thanks to a few errors.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the third, Sindhu displayed her class to outplay her opponent. She dominated proceedings from the start, rushing to a sizeable 5-1 lead. The Indian then ensured that Tunjung was unable to get back into the game, sealing it comfortably with a 21-9 drubbing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Okuhara beat Beiwen Zhang 21-17, 21-10 in her semifinal match. </p>
<p class="title">Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu advanced into the women's singles final after registering a hard-fought victory over Indonesia's Gregoria Mariska Tunjung at the USD 350,000 Thailand Open World Tour Super 500 tournament here on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The second-seeded Indian continued her unbeaten run in the Thai capital with a 23-21, 16-21, 21-9 win over Tunjung in a match that lasted an hour.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In what is expected to be a high-voltage summit showdown, Sindhu will lock horns with Nozomi Okuhara in a rematch of the last World Championship, in which the Japanese prevailed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The world No 3 Indian pipped Tunjung to win the first game that went down to the wire, separated by just two points.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the second game, Sindhu played with much more variation and mixed things up to unsettle her opponent. She took a 9-5 lead on the back of some incredible net-play but squandered it as Tunjung reeled off four points to lead 11-9 at the lemon break.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After trailing 10-16, Sindhu earned three consecutive points but it went in vain as she lost the game, thanks to a few errors.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the third, Sindhu displayed her class to outplay her opponent. She dominated proceedings from the start, rushing to a sizeable 5-1 lead. The Indian then ensured that Tunjung was unable to get back into the game, sealing it comfortably with a 21-9 drubbing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Okuhara beat Beiwen Zhang 21-17, 21-10 in her semifinal match. </p>