Bali: Sindhu Double Olympic Medal Falling from the Badminton Masters Indonesia Super 750 Tournament After suffering a straight defeat in the semifinals against the seeds of Japan, Yamaguchi, here on Saturday.
Although Sindhu has a record high of 12-7 head-to-head against Japanese planes going to the tie Friday, after winning the two meetings between them this year, Indians did not match their rivals, losing 13-21 9-2 in the one-sided duel only lasts 32 minutes.
Sindhu, third seed, not usually and trailed his Japanese opponents from the start in both matches.
In the second game, Sindhu had a short advantage before Yamaguchi dominated his rival throughout to seal the problem.
Japan will now play another semi-final winner between fourth seed Sanyoung and Thailand’s Phittayaporn Chaiwan.
Indian challenges in this event are now on Kidambi Srikanth, who will play third seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark in the men’s singles semifinals, later on.