Nozomi Okuhara beat Rio silver medalist Pusarla Sindhu of India in the women's singles final at the world badminton championships Sunday to become the first singles world champion from Japan.The seventh-seeded Okuhara, ranked 12th in the world and a bronze medalist in Rio, defeated tournament favorite Sindhu 2-1 (21-19, 20-22, 22-20) to give Japan its first world championships gold in 40 years and only the second in history.In a rematch of the Rio Olympics semifinals, Okuhara closed out the match at the Emirates Arena in 1 hour, 50 minutes to get her long-awaited revenge after allowing Sind…READ FULL ARTICLE
