2024-03-15 06:31:04
Birmingham: Indian badminton player PV Sindhu had to face defeat in straight games to her rival An Se Young of Korea in the second round of women’s singles at the All England Championship. Two-time Olympic medalist Sindhu was in good form at one point during the match and put up a tough fight against the top-ranked player, but she failed to control her mistakes and ended the 42-minute match 19-21. , lost 11–21. However, despite this, it is believed that this star shuttler of India has succeeded in qualifying for the Paris Olympics.
This is Sindhu’s seventh consecutive defeat against Young, who became the first Korean player to win the Women’s Singles World Championship last year. Sindhu has recently returned from injury while the Korean player has won the Malaysia and France Open titles this season. Sindhu tried to adopt an aggressive stance against the 22-year-old player but Young used the speed of her rallies and smashes brilliantly to win the match.
Sindhu gave a tough competition in the match
Sindhu gave a tough fight to her opponent in the first game but kept making mistakes in the second game. Sindhu was leading 4-1 in the opening game. Young waited for Sindhu to make a mistake without putting in much effort this time. Taking advantage of the mistakes of the Indian player, he took a lead of 9-6. Sindhu then played the shuttle to the net, increasing Young’s lead to 11-8. Sindhu continued her aggressive game and got benefit from it. She was successful in making a comeback and reducing the score to 16-17 and then 19-20.
Young then used her backhand brilliantly to drop the shuttle over Sindhu’s head inside the backline to win the first game. Young began to dominate from the start of the second game. She made a great start with a three-point lead and then managed to make the score 9-4 with a cross court smash. Sindhu meanwhile wasted her video referral in frustration. His backhand and forehand returns were constantly hitting the net. The Korean player won nine match points and won the match with a brilliant return.