Shenzhen (China). Twotime Olympic medalists PV Sindhu and Anupama Upadhyaya made early exits from the ongoing China Masters after losing their respective secondround matches here on Thursday.
Sindhu lost to Singapore's Yeo Jia Min 1621, 2117, 2123 in a match that lasted one hour and nine minutes. This was Sindhu's seventh consecutive tournament in which she could not progress beyond the quarterfinals this year.
The top Indian shuttler lost the first game despite leveling the score at 1414 once, but was unable to maintain the momentum as the world number 13 took the first game.
However, Sindhu made a strong comeback in the next game and came from 118 down to win the game 2117 and take the match to the third game.
The 29yearold Indian started the final game with a 63 lead and then strengthened it to 139, but Yoo Jin turned the tables and leveled the score at 1515. He left the Indian player behind by scoring three consecutive points. Sindhu, however, tried her best to take the lead in crucial situations but ultimately lost 2123 to the Singaporean.
On the other hand, Anupama lost to Japan's Natsuki Niidaira 217, 2114 in straight games and ended her campaign in the tournament. The Indian player proved to be an easy opponent for world number 26 Natsuki and she did not face any obstacles in the match that lasted 36 minutes and reached the quarterfinals.
B. Sumeet Reddy and N. Sikki Reddy's mixed doubles pair gave a walkover to their Chinese opponent as the latter was diagnosed with food poisoning and pulled out of the match.
In men's singles, Lakshya Sen will face Denmark's Rasmus Gemke in the second round, while in men's doubles, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will face Denmark's Rasmus Kjaer and Frederik Sogaard.
–
– .
Image Credit: KhasKhabar.