File picture of PV Sindhu© AFP
India’s marketing campaign got here to a untimely finish as double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu crashed out within the pre-quarterfinals of the Kumamoto Masters Japan Super 500 badminton match on Thursday. World no. 20 Sindhu was the lone Indian in competition after the exits of Lakshya Sen and ladies’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand. Sindhu squandered a sport result in lose 21-17 16-21 17-21 in opposition to Canada’s Michelle Li, ranked twenty third on this planet, in a ladies’s singles match that lasted one hour and quarter-hour. It was neck and neck between the 2 shuttlers within the first sport earlier than Sindhu took a marginal 11-8 lead and from there on stored her nostril simply forward to take early benefit.
Trailing, Li got here out attacking within the second sport and raced to a 8-3 lead earlier than Sindhu clawed again because the scoreline learn 16-16 at one time.
But Li then upped her sport and pocketed 5 straight factors to attract parity within the contest.
The decider witnessed a detailed battle between the 2 shuttlers until 17 factors when Li compelled the tempo, pocketing 4 straight factors to wrap up the match. The Canadian was additionally helped by Sindhu’s unforced errors.
Li will play Siouth Korea’s Yu Jin Sim within the quarterfinals.
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