Bali: Top Indian shuttler PV Sindhu exited from the 2021 Indonesia Masters badminton tournament after going down to Japanese star Akane Yamaguchi in the semi-finals of the women’s singles event, here on Saturday.
The reigning world champion was nowhere near his best and lost the contest 13-21 9-21 in an affair that lasted for just 32 minutes.
This is the first time in 2021 that Yamaguchi beat Sindhu. Sindhu had earlier beaten Yamaguchi in the quarterfinal of the All England Open finals and the bronze-medal run at Tokyo 2020.
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