{"id":4403,"date":"2026-11-01T23:46:31","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T18:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/?p=4403"},"modified":"2026-11-01T23:46:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T18:16:35","slug":"badminton-pv-sindhu-clinches-second-title-of-season-with-hylo-open-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/?p=4403","title":{"rendered":"Badminton: PV Sindhu clinches second title of season with Hylo Open triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"449\" height=\"299\" data-id=\"4404\" src=\"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/sports.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/sports.png 449w, https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/sports-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New Delhi, Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu clinched her second title of the season after defeating Denmark&#8217;s Line Hojmark Kj\u00e6rsfeldt in straight games to win the Hylo Open Super 500 badminton tournament in Saarbr\u00fccken, Germany, on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former world champion, who had won the Japan Open in July and finished runner-up at the French Open last week, produced a commanding performance to register a 21-12, 21-14 victory over the eighth-seeded Dane in the 39-minute summit clash of the USD 500,000 tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second-seeded Indian, currently ranked world No. 8, dominated proceedings with her sharp stroke-play, deceptive shots and effective net game to secure the title against her world No. 25 opponent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the victory, Sindhu collected 9,200 ranking points, strengthening her bid to qualify for the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sindhu entered the final with a dominant 6-1 head-to-head record against Kj\u00e6rsfeldt, whose only victory over the Indian had come at the 2025 Sudirman Cup Finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Indian made a confident start, opening the contest with a cross-court winner, though a couple of unforced errors allowed the Dane to stay in contention at 3-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sindhu subsequently took control of the rallies with her deception and sharp net play to move ahead 8-5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She maintained her advantage through the opening game, using a combination of well-placed shots and attacking strokes to put pressure on her opponent. A superb backhand winner helped her move to 17-12 before she converted her first game point to take the opening game 21-12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sindhu carried the momentum into the second game, establishing a 6-3 lead before Kj\u00e6rsfeldt attempted to fight her way back into the contest. However, the Indian responded with a series of winners to restore her advantage and move ahead 10-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dane continued to struggle with her net play as Sindhu extended her lead to 17-11. An attacking return earned the Indian six championship points, and she sealed the title on her first opportunity when Kj\u00e6rsfeldt committed another net error.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu clinched her second title of the season after defeating Denmark&#8217;s Line Hojmark Kj\u00e6rsfeldt in straight games to win the Hylo Open Super 500 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-display","category-sports","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4405,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4403\/revisions\/4405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}