World champion PV Sindhu suffered a shock defeat on her return to worldwide badminton, dropping in three video games to Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt within the opening spherical of YONEX Thailand Open Super 1000 occasion right here on Tuesday.
Months after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the worldwide calendar, Sindhu, seeded sixth, returned to motion with a 21-16 24-26 13-21 defeat to world no 18 Blichfeldt in a 74-minute battle.
The loss ended India’s marketing campaign in girls’s singles as the opposite contender Saina Nehwal was compelled out after testing constructive for COVID-19 on the eve of the match.
In males’s singles, world No. 13 B Sai Praneeth too suffered a straight sport loss to Thailand’s Kantaphon Wangcharoen on his return to competitors.
Frontrunner to characterize India on the Olympics, Praneeth went down 16-21 10-21 to the world No. 15 Wangcharoen for less than his second loss to the Thailand participant.
. @saiprneeth92 goes down within the R1️⃣ of #ThailandOpen2021 .
Score: Kantaphon def Sai 21-16,21-10
Tough luck, champ!#ThailandOpen2021 #ThailandOpenSuper1000 #badminton pic.twitter.com/5MGH9Dm6Tu
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) January 12, 2021
Earlier within the day, the Indian blended doubles pair of Satwik and Ashwini claimed a 21-11, 27-29, 21-16 win over the Indonesian pair of Hafiz Faizal and Gloria Widjaja.
Sindhu made begin, opening up a 6-3 lead and by no means permitting her opponent to seize the benefit to take the opening sport.
In the second sport, the Indian as soon as once more moved forward to an 11-8 benefit however the Danish woman got here again strongly and turned the tables at 15-14. After a neck-and-neck battle, it was Blichfeldt, who confirmed higher nerves to make a roaring comeback.
In the decider, Blichfeldt carried on the momentum of the second sport and opened up a large 11-6 lead on the break. She stored exerting stress on the Indian, transferring to a 14-8 benefit.
Sindhu ultimately handed a seven match-point benefit to Blichfeldt after discovering the online after which hit large because the Danish shuttler celebrated.
No coaches, managers or different personnel are allowed to attend the matches of the Indian gamers after Saina and HS Prannoy examined constructive for COVID-19 on Tuesday.
