Sindhu beats Kjaersfeldt to win Hylo Open title

P. V. Sindhu defeated Denmark’s Line Højmark Kjaersfeldt in straight games to win the Hylo Open women’s singles title on November 1, claiming her second title of the season. Sindhu, the tournament’s second seed, won the final 21-12, 21-14. The victory completed a run in which she did not drop a game at the Super 500 event in Germany. The final result was reported after the match; earlier tournament coverage had previewed the contest and reported Sindhu’s progress through the semifinals. The win followed a 21-13, 21-16 semifinal victory over compatriot Anmol Kharb. Sindhu reached her second consecutive BWF World Tour final after finishing runner-up at the French Open the previous week, where she lost to South Korea’s An Se-young. She had also won the Japan Open in July. Sindhu’s route to the Hylo Open final included victories over Prakriti Bharath, Rosy Oktavia Pancasari and Germany’s Amalie Schulz before she beat Kharb. She carried that straight-games record into the championship match against Kjaersfeldt, Denmark’s eighth seed. The tournament was held in Saarbrücken. Sindhu’s result gave her a title after the French Open final, where she had come close but finished second....