Sports League – Badminton News: Spanish badminton player, Carolina Marin, who represented Hunters Hyderabad, successfully defeated Indian mainstay Pusarla V, Sindhu of Chennai Smashers in the opening match of the Indian Premier Badminton League.

This match was also a repeat of the 2016 Rio Olympics final, when Carolina Marin also emerged victorious and became champion.

At the start of the first game, PV Sindhu played fast and set the tempo of the match, taking a 2-4 lead in the first game, but Carolina Marin kicked off to catch up and came back into the lead to win the first game 11-8. .

In the second match the game became even more exciting, PV Sindhu, who did not want to be embarrassed in front of her own fans, tried to appear to attack, by the time the position was 10-10, a set was done, but at Crucial moment, Carolina Marin actually made many of her own mistakes, which caused PV Sindhu to lose the second game with 14 -12.

In the deciding match, Marin did not let Sindhu develop, quickly leading 6-1, Marin quickly closed the third game with a score of 11-2 and managed to beat Sindhu to score a point for her team, Hunters Hyderabad.

“I tried to concentrate on the game, it was my first PBL match. However, I think Sindhu was feeling a little nervous because she was playing in front of her fans,” Marin said.

Chennai then leveled the score at 1-1 after their representative who played in the first men's singles sector, Tommy Sugiarto, successfully defeated Hunters Hyderabad representative Sai Praneeth.

In the third mixed doubles match, England's husband and wife pair Chris Adcock/Gabby Adcock managed to provide points to Chennai Smashers after defeating Hoi Wah Chau/Satwiksairaj Rankireddy with 11-7 and 11-9.

In a 1-2 trailing situation, Hunters Hyderabad managed to equalize after their representative who played in the fourth match, second men's singles Rajiv Ouseph managed to beat Chennai Smashers representative Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk in three games 11- 6, 8-11 and 6-11.

In the deciding match, Hunters Hyderabad managed to secure a 3-2 victory after last-rep Tan Boon Heong/Tan Wee Kiong defeated Chennai's Mads Pieter Kolding/B Sumeeth Reddy with 11-7 and 11-8.

Article Tag: Caroluna Marin, PV Sindhu, India Badminton Premier League