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[caption id="attachment_28904" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Saina & Sindhu both reached the final of Hong Kong Open[/caption] Internet Desk: It was a Super Saturday for Indian Badminton as both PV Sindhu and Sameer Verma made it to the finals of the Hong Kong Open. Newly-crowned China Open champion P V Sindhu continued her good run in 2016 as the Indian shuttler beat Cheung Ngan Yi of Hong Kong in straight sets by 21-14, 21-16 . It took the Rio Olympics silver medalist just 46 minutes to seal her berth in the final of the Hong Kong Open Super Series on Saturday.

Sindhu, who had made her way into the semis by beating Singapore’s Liang Xiayou, had an upper hand over the home favorite throughout the match. The Hyderabadi took a five point lead in the second game to seal the match.

Sindhu hardly broke any sweat as she defeated beat Cheung, an opponent she had beaten twice in the past at the 2014 Badminton Asia Championships and 2013 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold.

After the Hong Kong shuttler took a slender 4-2 lead early on, Sindhu slowly clawed back and broke off at 8-8 to never allow Cheung to threaten her chances.

Eventually from a 16-14 lead, Sindhu reeled off five points to pocket the first game.

In the second game, the Indian managed a 7-3 lead and even though Cheung clawed back immediately, Sindhu surged to a 10-7 advantage and then slowly crafted her way to shut the doors on her World No. 26 opponent.

Sindhu will have to be little cautious against Tai Tzu, who holds a 4-3 head-to-head record against the Indian.

Sindhu will look back at her Olympic performance when she had beaten the Taiwan girl on August 15 at Rio.

"I finished it easily in two games. I was prepared for everything. I was ready from the first point. She had good support from the home crowd. Even though I led, I didn't take it easy," Sindhu said after the match.

"Happy about two finals in two weeks. Hopefully will give my best, let's see if there will be a repeat of last week's result."