A week after a demoralising defeat at the Toyota Thailand Open quarterfinals, world champion Sindhu produced a much-improved performance but still lost to World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan 21-19, 12-21, 17-21.
PV Sindhu and and Kidambi Srikanth
Star Indian shuttlers P V Sindhuand Kidambi Srikanth fought their hearts out before suffering close defeats in their respective group ‘B' openers at the USD 1.5 million HSBC BWF World Tour Finals here on Wednesday.
ADVERTISEMENT
A week after a demoralising defeat at the Toyota Thailand Open quarterfinals, world champion Sindhu produced a much-improved performance but still lost to World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan 21-19, 12-21, 17-21.
"It was a good match, there were no easy points. In the third game I came back and it was just one point difference at one stage. I broke my racquet strings twice [during rallies] and that made a difference," Sindhu said. "It's a tough group. I have to give 100 per cent."
It was Sindhu's 16th defeat to Tzu Ying in 21 meetings. Former World No. 1 Srikanth too squandered an opening game advantage, losing 21-15, 16-21, 18-21 to World No. 3 Anders Antonsen of Denmark in a gruelling 77-minute contest.
This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest news!" Click here!
