PV Sindhu crashes out of Japan Open 2019

Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu is knocked out of the Japan Open held in Tokyo from July 23 to July 28, 2019. After battling for nearly 61 minutes in a match against Japanese shuttler Aya Ohori in the women's singles 2nd round of Japan Open, Sindhu lost to her Indonesia Open rival Akane Yamaguchi 21-18, 21-15 in the quarterfinals. Sindhu tried to reduce the score gap in the first round of the match to 18-20, but she couldn't battle her opponent for too long. This was not the first time Sindhu lost to Yamaguchi, before Japan Open, Sindhu had finished runner-up at Indonesia Open and had lost to the Japanese player in the finals. Meanwhile, in the Men's singles match, World No. 23 B Sai Praneeth has showcased an impressive performance in Tokyo with a straight-game win and has managed to qualify into the semifinals. Men's doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost to Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda 21-19, 21-18 after a 41-minute battle. (Photos: Instagram)

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