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PV Sindhu Suffers Shock Exit At Korea Open Badminton; Both Saina Nehwal, Sai Praneeth Retire Hurt

PV Sindhu was beaten 21-7, 22-24, 15-21 by World No. 10 Beiwen Zhang, while Saina Nehwal and B Sai Praneeth both retired hurt in their respective opening round matches at the Korea Open badminton tournament on Wednesday.

PV Sindhu Suffers Shock Exit At Korea Open Badminton; Both Saina Nehwal, Sai Praneeth Retire Hurt
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PV Sindhu crashed out of the Korea Open badminton tournament in the opening round after losing to American Beiwen Zhang here on Wednesday (September 25).바카라 웹사이트

Sindhu, who바카라 웹사이트became the first Indian to win Badminton World Championships gold last month, was beaten 21-7, 22-24, 15-21 by World No. 10 Beiwen in a contest that lasted 57 minutes. (BADMINTON NEWS)바카라 웹사이트

The Indian had also made an early exit from the China Open earlier this month.바카라 웹사이트Sindhu, an Olympic silver medallist and the current World No. 3, squandered a first-game advantage to go down 12-21, 21-13, 21-19 to Thailand's Pornpawee Chochuwong in a women's singles pre-quarterfinals.바카라 웹사이트

Praneeth, Saina Injured바카라 웹사이트

In men's singles, B Sai Praneeth was forced to retire midway in his first-round match against Anders Antonsen of Denmark.

Praneeth had lost the first game 9-21 and was trailing 7-11 in the second when he chose to retire because of injury, thus sending Antonsen through to the Round of 16.

In other women's singles match, Saina Nehwal was trailing 21-19, 18-21, 1-8 against South Korea's Kim Ga Eun when she was forced to retire.

Saina had a 2-0 head-to-head record against Eun in their previous matches.

Saina has had a tough year owing to injuries. She won the Indonesia Open at the beginning of the season but has struggled since then. At the China Open Super 1000 event last week, she made a first-round exit.

(With PTI Inputs)

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