BWF World Tour Finals: Sindhu loses final group match

P V Sindhu
P V Sindhu lost in three games. Photo: AFP

Bali: Already Assured of a semifinal berth at the BWF World Tour Finals, India's P V Sindhu on Friday suffered a defeat to top seed Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand in her third and final Group A women's singles match here on Friday.

Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, couldn't apply enough pressure on the world No. 10 Chochuwong to go down fighting 12-21, 21-19, 14-21 in a match that lasted an hour and 11 minutes.

This was Sindhu's third loss to the 2016 world junior champion Chochuwong in seven meetings.

Sindhu thus finished second behind Chochuwong in Group A.

 

Earlier, Kidambi Srikanth bowed out of the tournament after losing to second-seeded Malaysian Lee Zii Jia 19-21, 14-21 in 37 minutes in his third and final Group B match.

It was Srikanth's second loss to the world No. 8, who had defeated the Indian at Hylo Open in straight games.

Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy too ended their campaign though they eked out a 21-19, 9-21, 21-14 win over England's Chloe Birch and Lauren Smith in the inconsequential third and final group match.

The comments posted here/below/in the given space are not on behalf of Onmanorama. The person posting the comment will be in sole ownership of its responsibility. According to the central government's IT rules, obscene or offensive statement made against a person, religion, community or nation is a punishable offense, and legal action would be taken against people who indulge in such activities.