Badminton News: PV Sindhu and Sameer Verma win in World Tour Finals

Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu finally broke her jinx against World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying with a come-from-behind win in a thriller at the World Tour Finals on Thursday. After six successive losses in 13 meetings, Sindhu got the better of her nemesis Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei 14-21, 21-16, 21-18 in a Group A match that lasted a little over an hour. Sindhu, who had finished runners-up in the last edition, gave ample display of her grit as she bounced back from a game down and erased a 6-11 deficit in the final game to record her first win over Asian Games champion Tzu Ying since the 2016 Rio Olympics. On the other hand, Sameer Verma dished out a dominating performance to outclass Indonesia's Tommy Sugiarto in straight games to keep his hopes of qualifying for the knockout stage alive. World No 14 Sameer, who qualified for the tournament at the last moment after defending his title at the Syed Modi International last month, looked at ease against the 10th ranked Sugiarto, defeating him 21-16 21-7 in a 40-minute Group B clash.