Badminton News: Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu and rising star Lakshya Sen were eliminated in the quarter-finals in their respective singles, ending India’s participation in the Indonesia Open World Tour Super 500 tournament at Istora Senayan Jakarta.
Sen was first knocked out when the 20-year-old lost the fight and forced a decisive match against Chinese Taipei’s main rival Chou Tien Chen 21-16, 12-21 and 21-14.
India’s last hope then rested with PV Sindhu, but the former world champion lost without a fight to old foe Ratchanok Intanon 12-21, 10-21 in a match that lasted less than half a minute. hour.
The 27-year-old tried his best to dominate and look calm both in attack and defence, and the Indian was never able to fight back and suffered a fifth consecutive defeat against their Thai rivals.
After easily winning the first game, Intanon looked even more furious in the second and took a 10-point lead before closing the game in 33 minutes to improve the one-on-one against Sindhu at 9-4.
PV Sindhu, who was knocked out in the semi-finals of the Thailand Open last month, picked up a fight victory over Gregoria Mariska Tunjung to advance to the quarter-finals.
Earlier, World Championship bronze medalist Lakshya Sen came from behind to equalize in the second match, but third seed China Taipei took the lead in the deciding set with the score at 21-16 , 12-21 and 21-14 to win.
It was Sen’s second straight loss against Chou in less than a month. Sen lost to Chinese rivals Taipei 19-21, 21-13, 17-21 in the Thomas Cup group stage before making it a historic victory.
The 2018 Asian Games silver medalists, who beat India in the Thomas Cup group stage in their only previous encounter, showed all their strength in the decider and put the pressure on the player 20 years old.
China Taipei’s world number 4 player had three straight points to build on a six-point lead halfway through the decision.
Sen was involved in some big rallies towards the end and even saved two match points, but his valiant efforts weren’t enough as the experienced 32-year-old held onto his lead to make it 2-0. face to face. against the Indians.
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