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Double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu was knocked out of the India Open Super 750 badminton event after a first-round loss to Thailand’s Supanida Katethong in New Delhi on Tuesday. World No. 7 Sindhu, a former champion, went down 12-21 20-22 to the world No. 30 within the girls’s singles match. The Indian had misplaced to the identical participant within the semifinals within the final version. Sindhu did not take a look at her greatest as she struggled towards the left-handed Supanida, who was exact in her returns and seemed in additional management within the rallies to take the opening recreation.
The former world champion fought laborious within the second recreation as she moved from 12-17 to seize one recreation level at 19-20. She, in reality, had left the court docket after the opponent’s return was referred to as out. But a video referral confirmed that the shuttle had really kissed the road, handing her opponent an opportunity to shut the match and she or he did it in fashion after Sindhu went broad.
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