India's PV Sindhu lost 17-21, 16-21 to China's Chen Yu Fei in 43 minutes to end an impressive run at Thailand Open 2022.
The impressive run of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty came to an end after a hard-fought semifinal defeat to world number nine Malaysian combination of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in men's doubles
With the defeat of PV Sindhu and Sameer Verma, Indian challenge in the singles competition ended in the Toyota Thailand Open Super 1000 tournament
PV Sindhu prevailed 21-15, 20-22, 21-13 over Akane Yamaguchi in 51 minutes to set up a clash with Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei of China.
The world number 10 Indian pair lost to world number nine Malayasian combination of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik
The unseeded Indian pair beat their world no. 6 Malaysian opponents 18-21 24-22 22-20 in a nail-bitting quarterfinal duel.
Kidambi Srikanth, seeded eighth in the BWF Super 500 tournament, won the first round match 18-21, 21-10, 21-16 in 49 minutes.
PV Sindhu outclassed Malaysia's world no. 92 Kisona Selvaduray in a lop-sided second-round contest. She will face either Thailand's Ratchanok Inthanon or Korea's Sung Ji Hyun next
Sameer Verma will face third seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark, who received a walkover, in the quarterfinals
A former top-10 player, Prannoy recovered from a game down to outwit sixth seed Christie 18-21 21-16 23-21 in a thrilling contest
Former world number one Srikanth, who was sharing the room with Praneeth, was also forced to withdraw as per protocols
The highlight of the day was the lion-hearted performance by world no 31 Sameer, who stunned eighth seed Lee 18-21 27-25 21-19 in a thrilling opening match
This was their 12th meeting, and PV Sindhu has extended the head-to-head lead 11-1
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The Indian players seemed to struggle with their fitness as none of them could cross the second round at the Thailand Open, the first event of the Asia leg
Saina managed to grab the opening game but ran out of steam in the end, losing 23-21 14-21 16-21 in a match that clocked 68 minutes
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Kashyap, a former Commonwealth Games champion, was trailing 8-14 in the third game when he chose to retire as he pulled his calf muscle.
Former world number one Srikanth on Tuesday got a bloodied nose after undergoing multiple COVID-19 tests
Earlier, chaos gripped India's campaign when Saina Nehwal was forced out of the Thailand Open following a positive COVID-19 test
Saina Nehwal is trying hard to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics but her ranking is poor as of now
The two-time singles world champion was scheduled to compete in two Thailand Open series events
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