Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu has crashed into the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open Super 750 badminton tournament. She was defeated by world number one Taiju Ying of Chinese Taipei in the women’s singles quarter-final match played on Friday. At the same time, HS Prannoy in men’s singles also crashed out of the tournament after losing in the quarterfinal round. Seventh seeded Sindhu was defeated by second seed Taiju 21-13, 15-21, 13-21. Taiju won the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics. With this win, Taiju has taken a 16-5 lead in terms of win-win over Sindhu. At the same time, Taiju has won over Sindhu in the last six matches between the two.
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In the first game, Taiju took a 5-2 lead over Sindhu. Sindhu then made a comeback to take an 11-7 lead till the first break. Then won the first game 21-13. In the second game, Taiju made a tremendous comeback to lead 11-3 and then won the game 21-15. Taiju won the third game 21-13 and won the match as well. Among men, HS Prannoy also suffered a defeat. He was defeated by Jonathan Christie of Singapore 21-18, 21-16 in two consecutive games in a match that lasted 44 minutes.
Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu has crashed into the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open Super 750 badminton tournament. She was defeated by world number one Taiju Ying of Chinese Taipei in the women’s singles quarter-final match played on Friday. At the same time, HS Prannoy in men’s singles also crashed out of the tournament after losing in the quarterfinal round.
