Kallang [Singapore], June 7 (ANI): Two-time Olympic medalist and ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu crashed out of the continued Singapore Open within the first spherical itself after a loss to the incumbent world champion and No. 1 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan on Tuesday.
Sindhu was the defending Singapore Open champion, however she entered the match unseeded following 4 first-round exits this yr. The Indian badminton participant started the season ranked seventh on the earth, however has since slid out of the highest ten, as per Olympics.com.
PV Sindhu, now ranked thirteenth, gained the opening sport however misplaced the following two, falling 21-18, 19-21, 17-21 in 61 minutes to exit the BWF Super 750 match.
PV Sindhu managed the primary sport, with Akane Yamaguchi principally enjoying catch-up. PV Sindhu led 14-12 at one level within the second sport. Akane Yamaguchi, although, regained the initiative with a late assault and compelled the match right into a decider.
Despite a number of smashes and efficient drop photographs, PV Sindhu was unable to seize the lead within the third sport and was defeated in three video games by the Japanese shuttler.
PV Sindhu suffered her tenth defeat to Akane Yamaguchi. Sindhu has a 14-10 head-to-head benefit.
India had a troublesome day within the Singapore Open 2023, shedding 5 of eight matches within the first spherical.
In the primary spherical, Olympic bronze medalist Saina Nehwal was defeated by Thailand’s seventh seed Ratchanok Intanon 21-13, 21-15. This was Saina Nehwal’s third loss in a row to Ratchanok Intanon. Saina Nehwal’s most up-to-date victory over the Thai shuttler occurred within the 2018 Asian Games quarterfinals.
Lakshya Sen, who reached the Thailand Open semi-finals final week, was defeated within the opening spherical of the lads’s singles by Chinese Taipei’s world No. 7 Chou Tien Chen, 21-18, 17-21, 13-21.
Aakarshi Kashyap, world No. 40, additionally misplaced within the first spherical, falling 21-17, 21-9 to Thailand’s Supanida Katethong.
HS Prannoy, enjoying for the primary time since profitable the Malaysia Masters final month, was unable to snap his shedding streak in opposition to Japan’s world No. 3 Kodai Naraoka, shedding 21-15, 21-19 in 56 minutes. This was HS Prannoy’s fourth defeat in opposition to the Japanese badminton star in as many matches.
Priyanshu Rajawat, who defeated world No. 15 Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan 21-12, 21-15 in his first-round match, will face Kodai Naraoka within the spherical of 16.
Priyanshu Rajawat has been on a roll this season. He gained the Orleans Masters BWF Super 300 match in France and has risen over 20 locations within the rankings to world No. 37 since March.
Kidambi Srikanth, world No. 23, defeated Thailand’s Kantaphon Wangcharoen 21-15, 21-19 within the first spherical of males’s singles.
In the primary spherical, India’s males’s doubles duo of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila defeated French pair Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar 21-16, 21-15.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, India’s world No. 4 males’s doubles duo, and Commonwealth Games bronze medalist girls’s doubles combo Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly will start their marketing campaign on Wednesday.
The match began on June 6 and can finish on June 11. (ANI)