3 min learnUp to date: Aug 21, 2026 05:49 AM IST
PV Sindhu misplaced her excellent document towards Chinese language shuttlers on the World Championships after a loss towards World No 5 Wang Zhi Yi of China within the spherical of 16.
That is Sindhu’s first loss towards a Chinese language shuttler after successful on eight earlier events.
The primary recreation was a story of two halves.
Earlier than the mid-game break, each shuttlers determined to not give away any straightforward factors. Wang made Sindhu work arduous on her drops whereas Sindhu gave no area for Wang to supply a exact smash.
Wang led 11-8 on the mid-game break however after the break, Sindhu made six unforced errors and one misjudgement.
Wang cruised along with her exact drops and smashes and gained the primary recreation convincingly 21-11 a lot to the dismay of the house crowd.
After Ayush Shetty misplaced to Alwi Farhan in the identical courtroom, the group anxiously waited for Sindhu to seek out her groove. Within the second recreation, she discovered her groove from the primary level and performed with extra endurance than her first recreation.
She gained 4 factors whereas Wang struggled from the opposite facet. Wang began drawing Sindhu into longer rallies the place the Indian made a few errors.
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Nonetheless, Sindhu maintained her composure to bother Wang along with her dribbles and drops.
After the mid-game break, Sindhu and Wang performed two vitality sapping rallies. Whereas Sindhu gained the rallies, Wang took three consecutive factors because of her errors after that to make it 15-15.
As the group noise went up, Sindhu didn’t disappoint them and took six consecutive factors to win the second recreation 21-15. The final factors included two winners from Sindhu and 4 pictures from Wang that went out.
Going into the decider, Sindhu began confidently and took three factors to steer 3-0. She hit three extra winners to steer 8-4 however Wang made a stable comeback.
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Sindhu dedicated three consecutive errors to make it 7-8 for Wang. Sindhu was main 11-10 on the mid-game break.
After the break, Wang amped up the smashes however Sindhu held along with her drops.
At 16-16, Wang fell down nastily and wanted a medical break. Nonetheless, after the break, Sindhu made 4 consecutive errors giving match level to Wang.
Wang produced a exact drop to interrupt Indian hearts and finish Sindhu’s pursuit of a sixth World Championships medal.
