PV Sindhu makes another first round exit, Satwik-Chirag in second round of Japan Open
Tokyo, July 26th
Indian badminton player PV Sindhu, who has won two Olympic medals, was knocked out in the first round of the Japan Open. She lost without winning a single game to Zhang Yi Man from China.
Sindhu lost the match with a score of 12-21 and 13-21. The match lasted for 32 minutes. This was her seventh time losing in the first round out of 13 tournaments she played in this year.
The former world champion is not performing as well as before after her injury rehabilitation and is now ranked lower in the world. 17 following a string of being eliminated in the first round. She has made a lot of mistakes and has been having a hard time scoring points, even when playing against players who are not as good as her.
Recently, Sindhu has started working with a famous new coach named Muhammad Hafiz Hashim. Muhammad Hafiz Hashim was the champion of the All-England tournament in 2003. Sindhu hopes that by working with this coach, her luck will improve.
Sindhu had previously defeated Zhang, who was ranked 18th in the world, during the quarterfinals of the Malaysian Open in May. However, Zhang sought revenge and won the recent match, bringing their overall head-to-head record to 3 wins for Zhang and 2 wins for Sindhu.
Sindhu has been having a hard time, but the doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty did not face any problems. They defeated the Indonesian pair of Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin by a score of 21-16 11-21 21-13 to advance to the second round.
Satwik and Chirag, who won the Korean Open title, will play against the Denmark team of Jeppe Bay and Lasse Molhede in the second round of the tournament.
Lakshya Sen had a successful beginning in the BWF Super 750 tournament. He won against Priyanshu Rajawat with a score of 21-15, 12-21, 24-22. He will play against Kanta Tsuneyama from Japan in the second round.
In another men’s singles first round, Mithun Manjunath lost to Weng Hong Yang of China. The match was tough and could have gone either way, but Weng Hong Yang won with a score of 21-13, 22-24, 18-21. The game went on for one hour and 25 minutes.
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