P.V. Sindhu. File
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Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu’s marketing campaign on the China Masters Tremendous 750 badminton match got here to an finish within the second spherical after she misplaced to Singapore’s Yeo Jia Min in a hard-fought three-game ladies’s singles contest on Thursday (November 21, 2024).
World No.19 Sindhu, who dispatched the higher-ranked Busanan Ongbamrungphan 21-17 21-19 within the opening spherical, fought valiantly earlier than happening 16-21 21-17 21-23 to Min in a match that lasted one hour and 9 minutes.
It was curtains for the opposite two surviving Indian ladies’s singles gamers as nicely with each Anupama Upadhyaya and Malvika Bansod crashing out within the second spherical.
Whereas Anupama misplaced 7-21 14-21 in opposition to Japan’s Natsuki Nidaira, Malvika was thrashed 9-21 9-21 by eight-seeded Supanida Katethong of Thailand.
The ladies’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand was no match for the second-seeded Chinese language pair of Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning.
The world quantity 18 India duo, which is at the moment on the eighth spot within the BWF World Tour rankings, misplaced 16-11 11-21 in opposition to their Chinese language opponents in a second spherical match lasting simply 43 minutes.
Indian singles problem now rests on the shoulders of Lakshya Sen who will probably be up in opposition to Denmark’s Rasmus Gemke in a males’s second spherical match later within the day.
Additionally in motion will probably be defending champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who returned to motion after a break following the Paris Olympics.
The Asian Video games gold medallist Indian duo will meet the Danish pair of Rasmus Kjaer and Frederik Soggard within the pre-quarterfinals afterward Thursday.
Sindhu vs Min
Thursday’s hard-wrenching defeat was Sindhu’s first loss in opposition to her Singaporean rival in six conferences.
It was a neck-and-neck affair between Sindhu and Min until the primary six factors however the Singaporean upped her sport and capitalised on just a few unforced errors from her opponent to take a five-point benefit (11-6) on the first break.
Sindhu, nevertheless, did not surrender and clawed her away again with some lengthy rallies and fantastic court docket play to pocket 4 straight factors and cut back the margin to 11-10. The shut contest between the 2 shuttlers continued until 16 factors earlier than Min upped her sport and received 5 consecutive factors to take the primary sport.
Within the second sport, Sindhu got here out attacking and raced to an early 8-5 lead which Min slowly lowered however the Indian saved her cool and used her expertise to pocket 4 straight factors from 17 to stage the scores.
The decider was a deal with to look at for the spectators as each the shuttlers had been in no temper to present an inch to one another. At one level Sindhu had a 13-9 lead however a decided Min did not surrender as she displayed nice attacking sport and capitalised on a tiring Sindhu’s errors to seal the match in her favour.
Revealed – November 21, 2024 04:58 pm IST
