Devika Sihag (Image credit: BWF) 20-year-old Devika Sihag capped her dream run at the Princes Sirivannavari Thailand Masters with a title after her final opponent, Malaysia’s Goh Jin Wei, retired midway through the BWF Super-300 title.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SIGN UP NOW!The Haryana girl, who trains under coach Umendra Rana in Bengaluru, was leading 21-8, 6-3 when Goh pulled out with a hamstring injury. The retirement secured the first major title for Devika and also the first major title for India fairly early in the season.She is the third Indian girl to win a Super-300 tournament after Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu.Last year, Indian shuttlers struggled for success with only Lakshya Sen (Super-500), Ayush Shetty (Super-300) and a few others winning the Super-100 events.The surprise winner, who beat several higher-ranked players including top seed and local favorite Supanida Katethong, was delighted with her show, saying:“I’m really happy today because it’s my first Super-300 title. I’m excited to play more tournaments and I’m very happy today. I played very good matches here.”Indeed, the youngster has played some great games this week. Her courage was on full display as he saved five game points to battle the higher-ranked Huang YuHsun of Chinese Taipei in the semi-finals. Devika was trailing 15-20 but won seven straight points to stun her opponent. Earlier in the quarterfinals, the world No. 63 Indian caused the biggest upset when she knocked out crowd favorite and world No. 16 Supanida Katethong in straight games.
