: Uber Cup: Sindhu-led side lose 0-3 to Thailand in quarters #IndiaNEWS #Badminton Bangkok: Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu fought hard before losing to Ratchanok Intanon as the Indian womens badminton

Uber Cup: Sindhu-led side lose 0-3 to Thailand in quarters #IndiaNEWS #Badminton
Bangkok: Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu fought hard before losing to Ratchanok Intanon as the Indian womens badminton team crashed out of the Uber Cup Finals after being drubbed 0-3 by Thailand in the quarterfinals, here on Thursday.
World No. 7 Sindhu was off colour for the second consecutive day as she squandered one-game lead to go down 21-18,17-21,12-21 against Intanon, ranked eighth, in a 59-minute first womens singles match.
The defeat means Sindhu now trails Intanon 4-7 on head-to-head record. India were down 0-2 when the womens doubles pair of Shruti Mishra and Simran Singhi lost 16-21,13-21 against the Thai pair of Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai.
It was no better for Aakarshi Kashyap, who surrendered 16-21,11-21 to Pornpawee Chochuwong in the second singles match that lasted 42 minutes. As Thailand took an unassailable 3-0 lead, the remaining two matches of the tie became redundant and were not played.
In the second womens doubles contest, the Indian pair of Tanisha Crasto and Treesa Jolly was to face Benyapa Aimsaard and Nuntakarn Aimsaard, while Ashmita Chaliha was scheduled to play Busanan Ongbamrungphan.
Earlier on Wednesday, Sindhu lost in straight games 15-21,14-21 against world number four An Seyoung in Indias final Group D match, where it was blanked 0-5 by Korea. But the loss hardly made any difference as India, by then, had already sealed a quarterfinal berth after ensuring a top-two finish in the group after back-to-back victories over Canada and USA.

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