Uber Cup 2022: PV Sindhu loses to An Seyoung as India blanked 0-5 by Korea in Group D tie
Thomas and Uber Cup 2022: PV Sindhu misplaced her fourth straight match to Korean sensation An Seyoung as India have been blanked 5-0 of their final Group D tie of Uber Cup by Korea.
PV Sindhu misplaced to An Seyoung as India have been overwhelmed 0-5 by Korea in Uber Cup Group D tie (AP Photo)
HIGHLIGHTSIndia completed Group D on the 2nd spot behind KoreaIndia will study their quarter-final opponents later within the dayPV Sindhu misplaced for the 4th straigh time to An Seyoung
India have been blanked 0-5 by Korea of their closing Group D tie of the Uber Cup in Bangkok, Thailand on Wednesday, May 11. The Indian girls had already booked a berth within the quarter-final after beating Canada and the USA however they missed out on the highest spot in Group D after an abnormal exhibiting towards Korea who end the group stage with 3 wins in as many ties.
PV Sindhu, the two-time Olympic medalist, misplaced to 20-year-old World No. 4 An SeYoung regardless of exhibiting flashes of brilliance within the first match of the tie. Sindhu was overwhelmed 21-15, 21-14 in 42 minutes. This was Sindhu’s 4th straight defeat to An Seyoung because the Indian shuttler has not managed to beat the younger Korean star on the tour up to now.
India’s doubles pairing of Simran Singhi and Shuti Mishra have been overwhelmed within the 2nd match of the tie by Lee Sohee and Shin Seungchen 21-13, 21-12.
Akarshi Kashyap, who was unbeaten up to now within the event, went down 21-10, 21-10 to Kim Gaeun.
Tanisha Crasto and Jolly Treesa have been no match for Kim Hey Jeong and Kong Heeyong within the 2nd doubles match of the tie because the Indian pair went down 21-14, 21-11.
ASHMITA CHALIHA IMPRESSES
Young Ashmita Chaliha was spectacular as she gave Yujin Sim a scare in a 39-minute lengthy closing girls’s singles match of the tie. Chaliha fought onerous however went right down to the Korean in straight video games — 21-18, 21-17.
Later within the day, Indian males’s group will face Taiwan for the highest spot in Group C of the Thomas Cup in Bankok. India have introduced a robust taking part in group with Lakshya Sen returning to the combination to affix palms with Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy.
