PV Sindhu lost her round of 16 clash against He Bing Jiao in straight games 21-19 21-14 to bow out of the Paris Olympics. Sindhu's ouster ended India's representation in the women's singles category at the Paris Olympics.
PV Sindhu came into the contest on the back of a 1-0 head-to-head record against Maldivian Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq. Sindhu had defeated Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq at the Commonwealth Games in 2022 in Birmingham.
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India's PV Sindhu lost the women's singles quarterfinals of the ongoing Australia Open against USA's Beiwen Zhang.
After Sindhu's withdrawal, HS Prannoy remains the only representative from India at the prestigious tournament.
Playing in a depleted field due to multiple COVID-19 cases, top seed Sindhu hardly broke her sweat to get past Bansod 21-13 21-16 in a lop-sided title clash.
The 26-year-old from Hyderabad, who lost in the semifinals at India Open Super 500 last week, thrashed Tanya 21-9 21-9 in a lop-sided contest at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium.
The 26-year-old Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, was well on course to win her first title since the 2019 World Championship triumph last week before left-hander Supanida Katethong of Thailand shattered her hopes with a three-game win at the India Open.
A lot of ranking points will be up for grabs at the USD 400,000 Super 500 tournament which is being held in the looming shadows of a raging third wave of the pandemic in the country with cases rising at a rapid speed, fueled by the new Omicron variant.
While the CWG is set to be held in Birmingham in July-August, the Asian Games is scheduled in Hagzhou, China in September.
India's double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu showed great determination to outwit her opponent in the women's singles opening round, while B Sai Praneeth and Kidmabi Srikanth also advanced to the men's singles second round of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 event.
Playing against the world no 47 Azurmendi for the first time, Sindhu, who is seeded third, took 47 minutes to record a 17-21 21-7 21-12 in the women's singles second-round clash.
Sindhu, seeded third, prevailed 21-19 21-9 over Christophersen, ranked 24th in the world, in 37 minutes late Thursday night.
Deepika Padukone spent her Tuesday afternoon playing badminton with Olympic medalist PV Sindhu as they burned some calories, together.
PV Sindhu wrapped her second and final match of her group at Tokyo Olympics in 35 minutes with a straight-game victory over Hong Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi, booking a place in the pre-quarters at The Games.
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