Top seed Kento Momota successfully defended his men's singles title at the 2019 Badminton World Championships in Basel, Switzerland with a comfortable victory over Denmark's Anders Antonsen on Sunday.

The 24-year-old world number one took only 38 minutes to win 21-9, 21-3.

It was Japan's second title at this year's tournament, following the women's doubles victory from defending champion Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara, who beat compatriots Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota in a rematch of last year's final.

In the women's final, fifth seed PV Sindhu became the first Indian to win a gold medal at the Badminton World Championships as she crushed third-seeded Nozomi Okuhara of Japan.

Having faltered in three straight major event finals, the 24-year-old finally topped the podium with a comfortable victory of 21-7, 21-7 in just 36 minutes.

She took sweet revenge on the Japanese shuttler, whom she lost to 21-19, 20-22, 22-20 in one of the longest women's singles match ever played in Glasgow two years ago.

Sindhu slipped in the Rio Olympic Games final and last year's World Championships gold match to Spain's Carolina Marin on both occasions.

She also won the bronze medals in the event at the 2013 and 2014 World Championships.

China's Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong were mixed doubles winners in the only final not featuring a Japanese player. They beat Thai pair Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai 21-8, 21-12.

(With input from Xinhua)