Jakarta, June 10: Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and rising star Lakshya Sen made quarter-final exits in their respective singles events, ending India’s challenge in the Indonesia Open Super Series 500 tournament here on Friday.
Sen was first to be eliminated as the 20-year-old went down fighting and forced a decider against his higher-seeded Chinese Taipei rival Chou Tien Chen 21-16, 12-21, 21-14.
This was Sen’s second straight defeat against Chou in less than a month. He lost to Chou during the group stage of the Thomas Cup.
India’s last hope then rested on Sindhu but the former world champion went down without a fight to Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon 12-21, 10-21. The 27-year-old was at her dominating best and looked at ease with both in attacks and defence and the Indian was never able to fightback and suffered her fifth straight loss against her Thai rival. (PTI)
