PV Sindhu loses semi-final clash, will play for bronze on Sunday

PV Sindhu is still inthe hunt for a bronze medal and will be competing against China's He Bing Jiao in the third-place play-off at Musashino Forest Plaza on Sunday.
PV Sindhu plays against Japan's Akane Yamaguchi during their women's singles badminton quarterfinal match, at the Tokyo Olympics 2020
PV Sindhu plays against Japan's Akane Yamaguchi during their women's singles badminton quarterfinal match, at the Tokyo Olympics 2020

Reigning world champion P V Sindhu's hopes of securing India's first-ever Olympic gold in badminton came crashing down as she slumped to a straight-game defeat against World no. 1  Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the women's singles semifinals on Saturday.

The 26-year-old silver-medallist from the Rio Games, however, remained in the hunt for a bronze medal and will be competing against China's He Bing Jiao in the third-place play-off at Musashino Forest Plaza on Sunday.

One of the most consistent players, who claimed medals in all big-ticket events in the last five years, Sindhu couldn't counter Tai Tzu's deception with her aggressive game, going down 18-21 12-21 in the semi-final contest.

This is Sindhu's 14th loss to the Taiwanese second seed in 19 meetings, having also lost to her in the last three face-offs.

On Friday, Sindhu had beaten Japanese world no.5 Akane Yamaguchi in the quarterfinals.

Earlier, men's singles player B Sai Praneeth and the men's doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy had failed to qualify for the knockout stage. Also Read | Do the Olympics hurt more people than it benefits?

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