<p>World Champion P V Sindhu finished a distant second-best in the Swiss Open final after being completely routed by Olympic gold medallist Carolina Marin of Spain in a lop-sided women's singles title clash here on Sunday.</p>.<p>The 25-year-old Indian, who had won the coveted World Championship gold medal here in 2019, couldn't match the speed and accuracy of Marin during her 12-21 5-21 defeat in the final that lasted only 35 minutes.</p>.<p>It was Sindhu's third successive loss to Marin, who had won both the Super 1000 events in Thailand in January before finishing runners-up at the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals.</p>.<p>Playing her first final in 18 months, Sindhu, ranked 7th in the world, entered the match with a 5-8 head-to-head record against Marin, having lost her last two matches against the former world no 1.</p>.<p>The world no 7 Indian, who didn't drop a game in the last four matches this week, however, failed to summon her 'A' game under pressure as Marin came up trumps to claim her third title of the year.</p>.<p>Marin, the current world no 3, had also defeated Sindhu in the final of the Rio Olympics in 2016.</p>.<p>Sindhu will next compete at the USD 850,000 All England Championships, a Super 1000 event to be held from March 17 to 21.</p>
<p>World Champion P V Sindhu finished a distant second-best in the Swiss Open final after being completely routed by Olympic gold medallist Carolina Marin of Spain in a lop-sided women's singles title clash here on Sunday.</p>.<p>The 25-year-old Indian, who had won the coveted World Championship gold medal here in 2019, couldn't match the speed and accuracy of Marin during her 12-21 5-21 defeat in the final that lasted only 35 minutes.</p>.<p>It was Sindhu's third successive loss to Marin, who had won both the Super 1000 events in Thailand in January before finishing runners-up at the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals.</p>.<p>Playing her first final in 18 months, Sindhu, ranked 7th in the world, entered the match with a 5-8 head-to-head record against Marin, having lost her last two matches against the former world no 1.</p>.<p>The world no 7 Indian, who didn't drop a game in the last four matches this week, however, failed to summon her 'A' game under pressure as Marin came up trumps to claim her third title of the year.</p>.<p>Marin, the current world no 3, had also defeated Sindhu in the final of the Rio Olympics in 2016.</p>.<p>Sindhu will next compete at the USD 850,000 All England Championships, a Super 1000 event to be held from March 17 to 21.</p>