Indonesia Masters: PV Sindhu loses to Akane Yamaguchi in semifinal

Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu crashed out of the Indonesia Masters Super 750 badminton event after struggling a straight sport defeat within the semifinals towards Japanese prime seed Akane Yamaguchi on Saturday.
Even although Sindhu had a superior 12-7 head-to-head document towards the Japanese shuttler going into Friday’s tie, having received each the conferences between the 2 this yr, the Indian was no match to her rival, shedding 13-21 9-21 in a one-sided duel that lasted simply 32 minutes.
Sindhu, seeded third, was not at her traditional greatest and trailed her Japanese opponent from the beginning in each the video games.
In the second sport, Sindhu had a short lead earlier than Yamaguchi dominated her rival all all through to seal the difficulty in her favour.
The Japanese will now play the winner of the opposite semifinal between fourth seed An Seyoung and Thailand’s Phittayaporn Chaiwan.
India’s problem within the occasion now rests on Kidambi Srikanth, who will play third seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark within the males’s singles semifinals, later within the day.