Last Updated: April 28, 2023, 20:22 IST
HS Prannoy and PV Sindhu (PTI)
PV Sindhu misplaced to An Se Young as HS Prannoy retired halfway in opposition to Kanta Tsuneyama on the Badminton Asia Championships
Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu squandered a recreation result in go down in opposition to second seed An Se Young of Korea within the ladies’s singles quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia Championships in Dubai on Friday.
Sindhu, seeded eighth, pocked the primary recreation 21-18 however appeared fully off color within the subsequent two video games which she misplaced 5-21 9-21 handy Young a spot within the semifinals.
Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, started properly and received the primary recreation regardless of trailing 13-16 at one stage. The Indian had by no means received a recreation in opposition to An Se Young of their earlier 5 conferences.
An Se Young dominated the second recreation. In the third, Sindhu engaged in longer rallies however An Se Young proved robust to crack and ran away with the sport convincingly.
At the final version of the Asian championships held in Manila final 12 months, Sindhu settled for bronze after dropping to Akane Yamaguchi within the semi-finals. The 27-year previous Sindhu additionally received a bronze in 2014.
The different Indian hope, eight seed HS Prannoy too bowed out within the males’s singles quarterfinals after conceding his match halfway in opposition to Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan.
Prannoy was trailing 11-21 9-13 when he retired attributable to an harm.
Earlier within the day, qualifiers Rohan Kapoor and N Sikki Reddy battled laborious earlier than dropping a troublesome three-game blended doubles contest in opposition to Dejan Ferdinansyah and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja of Indonesia.
The Indian pair fought for one hour and 5 minutes earlier than dropping the quarterfinal by 18-21 21-19 15-21 margin.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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