In a rematch of the Olympic final, PV Sindhu exacted sweet revenge with a straight-games 21-17, 21-13 win over Spaniard Carolina Marin to seal her place in the semifinal. Sindhu had to work hard to win the first game but an error-prone Marin gifted away the second to crash out of the event.

In her second group-stage match at the Dubai Superseries year-ender, PV Sindhu appeared jaded in her straight games loss to World No. 6 Sun Yu of China in a replay of last month's China Open final. The Indian led the proceedings in the second game but lost steam to eventually lose 15-21, 17-21.

Rio Olympics silver medallist PV Sindhu made a winning start to her maiden World Superseries Finals campaign in Dubai by defeating Akane Yamaguchi 12-21, 21-8, 21-15. The Indian world No 10 rallied from a first-game loss to beat the Japanese who is ranked two places higher.

Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth will be the only two Indians who will feature in the BWF Destination Dubai World Superseries Finals, which will begin from Wednesday at the Hamdan Sports Complex in Dubai, UAE.