China Open: PV Sindhu loses to Thai shuttler after closely fought match
India's journey in China Open started on a sour note with ace shuttler PV Sindhu losing to Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand, albeit after a closely fought match. Sindhu lost to Chochuwong 21-12, 13-21, 21-19 in a nail-biting 58 minutes.
The men fared no better. The doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty crashed out after a straight-game loss to Japanese pair, Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda.
Satwik and Chirag, 15th world rank-holders, couldn't hold their ground against their opponents and lost in the second round by 19-21, 8-21. The match lasted for just 33 minutes at the Olympic Sports Center Xincheng Gynasium.
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PV Sindhu recently scripted history by winning the maiden BWF World Championship. But she could not repeat the winning performance in the China Open. However, she did give a tough fight. In the first round, she defeated Pornpawee Chochuwong, but ran into rough terrain in the latter rounds.
-PTC News
