Australia Open: Sindhu knocked out in quarterfinals
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SYDNEY: Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu bowed out of the Australia Open after happening in straight video games to USA’s world quantity 12 Beiwen Zhang within the girls’s singles quarterfinals right here on Friday.
Sindhu, who has slipped to world quantity seventeenth following a collection of early exits, was trying to make her fourth semifinal of the season however discovered it robust to tame Zhang, shedding 12-21 17-21 in 39 minutes within the USD 420,000 tremendous 500 match.
In 10 previous conferences, Sindhu had received six instances in opposition to her opponent however she simply could not get happening Friday in opposition to the 33-year-old Chinese-born American Zhang, who confirmed higher management to return up trumps.
Sindhu had overwhelmed compatriots Ashmita Chaliha and Aakarshi Kashyap within the first two rounds however her loss to Zhang would come as an enormous disappointment as she heads to the World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark to be held from August 21 to 27.
The 2019 world champion, Sindhu has been going by means of a lean patch since her restoration from an harm, and has repeatedly made early exits in as many as seven of the 12 BWF World Tour occasions this 12 months.
Early this 12 months, Sindhu had parted methods with Korea’s Park Tae-Sang after which briefly labored with SAI coach Vidhi Chaudhary. She is at present coaching beneath new coach Muhammad Hafiz Hashim, the 2003 All England champion.
Among different Indians in fray, HS Prannoy will face high seed Anthony Ginting of Indonesia, whereas 2021 world championships silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth will tackle compatriot Priyanshu Rajawat later within the day.
SYDNEY: Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu bowed out of the Australia Open after happening in straight video games to USA’s world quantity 12 Beiwen Zhang within the girls’s singles quarterfinals right here on Friday.
Sindhu, who has slipped to world quantity seventeenth following a collection of early exits, was trying to make her fourth semifinal of the season however discovered it robust to tame Zhang, shedding 12-21 17-21 in 39 minutes within the USD 420,000 tremendous 500 match.
In 10 previous conferences, Sindhu had received six instances in opposition to her opponent however she simply could not get happening Friday in opposition to the 33-year-old Chinese-born American Zhang, who confirmed higher management to return up trumps.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Sindhu had overwhelmed compatriots Ashmita Chaliha and Aakarshi Kashyap within the first two rounds however her loss to Zhang would come as an enormous disappointment as she heads to the World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark to be held from August 21 to 27.
The 2019 world champion, Sindhu has been going by means of a lean patch since her restoration from an harm, and has repeatedly made early exits in as many as seven of the 12 BWF World Tour occasions this 12 months.
Early this 12 months, Sindhu had parted methods with Korea’s Park Tae-Sang after which briefly labored with SAI coach Vidhi Chaudhary. She is at present coaching beneath new coach Muhammad Hafiz Hashim, the 2003 All England champion.
Among different Indians in fray, HS Prannoy will face high seed Anthony Ginting of Indonesia, whereas 2021 world championships silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth will tackle compatriot Priyanshu Rajawat later within the day.
