PV Sindhu’s hopes of securing India’s first-ever Olympic gold in badminton came crashing down as she slumped to a straight-game defeat in opposition to world no.1 Tai Tzu Ying.
Tokyo 2020: PV Sindhu loses to Tai Tzu-Ying in semis (Reuters)
Tokyo: Reigning world champion PV Sindhu’s hopes of securing India’s first-ever Olympic gold in badminton came crashing down as she slumped to a straight-game defeat in opposition to world no.1 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese language Taipei within the women’s singles semifinals in Tokyo on Saturday.
The 26-yr-dilapidated silver-medallist from the Rio Video games, alternatively, remained looking out out a bronze medal and will most possible be competing in opposition to China’s He Bing Jiao within the third space play-off at Musashino Woodland Plaza on Sunday.
One of the most principal fixed gamers, who claimed medals in all wide-tag events within the closing 5 years, Sindhu couldn’t counter Tai Tzu’s deception with her aggressive game, occurring 18-21 12-21 in Tokyo.
Right here is Sindhu’s 14th loss to the Taiwanese 2nd seed in 19 conferences, having additionally lost to her within the closing three face-offs.
On Friday, Sindhu, seeded sixth, had beaten Eastern world no.5 Akane Yamaguchi within the quarterfinals.
Earlier, men’s singles participant B Sai Praneeth and the men’s doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy had failed to qualify for the knockout stage.