India badminton star PV Sindhu won the Syed Modi International 2022 after she beat Malvika Bansod, in the women's singles final in Lucknow on Sunday. Sindhu won the match 21-13, 21-16 in 35 minutes to clinch her second title at the BWF 300 event, having won it for the first time in 2017.

India's PV Sindhu moved into the finals of the Syed Modi International 2022 after her opponent retired from the semifinal match midway, on Saturday. Sindhu began the match strongly and took only 12 minutes to pocket the first game 21-11 in just 12 minutes against  Russian Evgeniya Kosetskaya.

Despite the departure of numerous prominent players, the Syed Modi International 2022, the second tournament of the BWF badminton calendar's Indian leg, is set to take place. Lakshya Sen, will be absent from competition, which begins on January 18 at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium in Lucknow.

India is going to host three back-to-back badminton tournaments in January 2022, as per the latest calendar released by the BWF. The first tournament of the year will be the India Open from January 11 to 16, followed by the Syed Modi International tournament, and lastly, newly added Odisha Open.