Badminton : PV Sindhu made history, became the first Indian player to win the BWF World Tour Finals

India's PV Sindhu made history by defeating Nozomi Okuhara of Japan 21-19, 21-17 in the women's singles final of the BWF World Tour Finals played in Guangzhou, China. PV Sindhu became the first Indian player to win the BWF World Tour Finals title. Apart from this, the victory for Sindhu was even more prominent, because in 2018 this is their first title win. Earlier, he had to face defeat in seven finals. In 2018, Sindhu won the silver medal in the BWF World Tour Finals, besides winning silver at the World Championships, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, Thailand Open and India Open.

In the group stage of the BWF World Tour Finals, PV Sindhu defeated Akane Yamaguchi of Japan and Jhang Bevan of USA, in the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, he defeated Thailand's Ratchanok Imran 21-16, 25-23 in the final and defeated Najomi Okuhara in the final in the final game.