Guangzhou Evergrande Football Stadium will have an eye-catching lotus flower design wrapped around it, a nod to the southern city's status as China's "Flower City"

PV Sindhu, whose title BWF World Tour Final defence lay in tatters after her second successive loss on Thursday, scripted an incredible turnaround after being 9-18 down in the opening game to eventually outwit He Bingjiao 21-19 21-19 in minutes and finish third in her group

Dubbed a bridesmaid after falling short of gold on a number of occasions, Sindhu finally broke her jinx with a dominating performance.

Sindhu, who lost to Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the final last year, will play another Japanese girl in Sunday's final.

Playing her third successive year-ending finale, Sindhu beat Beiwen Zhang 21-9 21-15 in a one-sided women's singles contest to top Group A.

Sindhu, who had finished runners-up in the last edition, gave ample display of her grit as she bounced back from a game down to record her first win over Asian Games champion Tzu Ying since the 2016 Rio Olympics.