Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu lost to China's He Bingjia🍌o for the third successive time this year to bow out of the 2018 China Open tournament on Friday at Fuzhou.
Sindhu, who won three silver medals this year – Commonwealth Games, World Championship and Asian Games – lost their wom🦋en's singles quarter-final match in three games, 17-21 21-17 15-21, after one hour and nine m🤡inutes.
The Olympic silver medallist, seeded third had♏ previously lost to the world number seven at the Indonesia Open and French Open in July and October respectively.
Sindhu frittered away an 8-3 advantage early on to lose the opening game but made a roaring comeback in the second before los💫ing the decider after a late c🌟harge.
Theꦚ world number three had started well to take a 4-1 lead early on before moving to 8-3 but Bingji♚ao managed to claw back at 9-9. The duo moved neck and neck till 15-15 when the Chinese moved ahead with three straight points. Sindhu made it to 17-18 before Bingjiao pocketed the opening game.
In the second game, Bingjiao surged to 4-2 but Sindhu 🐟turned the tables as she moved to 6-5 and then grabbed an 11-7 lead. She kept distance despite the Chinese snapping at her feet.
In the decider, Bingjiao was more sure-footed than Sindhu as she executed her plan well to take an 11-6 advantage at the interval. The Chinese managed to eke out a 15-8 lead before Sindhu produced a late charge to claw b♒ack to 15-16.
But Bingjiao di♎dn't give any chance to the Indian after that as she reeled off the remaining points to cಌement her place in the semifinals.
(With PTI inputs)
