PV Sindhu. (Credit: Twitter)
PV Sindhu suffered a shock defeat to Nozomi Okuhara who won 21-14, 21-14 in 44 minutes to dump the Indian shuttler in round 2 itself
India’s top women’s singles shuttler and two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu crashed out of the BWF World Championships 2023 in round 2 after suffering a shock defeat to Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara.
Sindhu, the 16th seed squared off against the former world number 1 on Court 2 in Copenhagen as she bowed out after losing in straight sets 21-14, 21-14. Astonishingly, the Indian shuttler held a lead of 9-0 in the second game before she allowed her Japanese counterpart to make a splendid comeback.
Okuhara showed great grit and determination to fight back from 9-0 down to 11-9 at the break in the second game but the errors continued to follow for Sindhu who lost six points in a row to trail 14-10.
From then, it was 18-14 and then the writing was on the wall for Sindhu as she exited the tournament in the round of 32. The contest lasted for 44 minutes, and the 15th-ranked Indian shuttler in BWF rankings could barely put up a fight.
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She did win the most consecutive points in the game, but Okuhara won a total of 42 points compared to Sindhu’s 28.
Earlier, Sindhu’s compatriot Lakshya Sen advanced into the pre-quarterfinals, beating Korea’s Jeon Hyeok Jin.
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