It will be her second Olympic medal after the silver from 2016 Rio Olympics and India’s second medal in Tokyo Olympics.

Sindhu had the match from the very beginning as she taunted and tormented her opponent. The reigning World Champion took the opening game for 21-13. Although Bing Jiao had good techniques and succeeded in few attempts to push unforced errors from Sindhu, she was no match to the Indian badminton champion’s aggressive play with a good mix of attack and defense.

Sindhu continued to control the pace of the match into the second game with very nice variations and cross court smashes especially a brilliant body smash. Bing Jiao tried to make her way into the match playing her some of her net shots but no avail. She was passive when compared to the fast moving and perfectly balanced Sindhu. It was a thing of beauty as the Indian badminton took the second game 21-15 and won the bronze medal.

She also became the first Indian to win medals in two consecutive Olympics. The Indian had a chance at gold ans silver medals in this Olympic but lost it after she faced a straight set defeat against World No.1 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the women’s singles semi-finals on Saturday.