August 28th, 2017
Nozomi Okuhara of Japan has defeated PV Sindhu 19-21, 22-20, 20-22 to claim the 2017 BWF World Championships. The final match was held at Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. It was Sindhu’s first final appearance in the World Championship and also her best performance ever. This was a third medal for the Rio Olympics silver-medalist at Worlds, having won bronze twice in 2013 and 2014 after losing at the semifinal stage in both the editions.