Double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu fought hard before losing to Ratchanok Intanon as the Indian women's badminton team crashed out of the Uber Cup Finals after being drubbed 0-3 by Thailand in the quarterfinals, in Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday. (More Badminton News)
World No. 7 Sindhu was off colour for the second consecutive day as she squandered one-game lead to go down 21-18 17-21♎ 12-21 against Intanon, ranked eighth, in a 59-minute first women's singles match.
The defeat means Sindhu now trails Inta♏non 4-7 on head-to-head r🍸ecord.
India were down 0-2 when the women's doubles pair of Shruti Mishra and Simran Singhi lost 16-21 13-21 against the Thai pair of Jongkol෴phan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai.
It was no better for Aakarshi Kash𒊎yap, who surrendered 16-21 11-21 to Pornpawee Chochuwong in the second singles match that lasted 42 minutes.
As Thailand took an unassailable 3-0 lead, th𝄹e remaining two matches of the tie became redundant and were not played.
In the second women's doubles contest, the Indian pair of Tanisha Crasto and Treesa Jolly was♛ to face Benyapa Aimsaard and Nuntakarn Aimsa🔯ard, while Ashmita Chaliha was scheduled to play Busanan Ongbamrungphan.
Earlier on Wednesday, Sindhu lost in straight games 15-21 14-21 against world number four An𓃲 Seyoung in India's final Group D match, where it was blanked 0-5 by Korea.
But the loss hardl🌳y made any difference as India, by then, had already sealed a quarterfinal berth after ensuring a top-two finish in🔯 the group after back-to-back victories over Canada and USA.
The Indian men's team wil🀅l play Malaysia in the quarterfinals of the Thomas Cup Final later in the day.
