Sindhu, Lakshya out of Thailand Open, Satwik-Chirag pair marches on in Thailand Open

BANGKOK: (May 15) Indian badminton ace PV Sindhu squandered a one-game advantage to go down fighting to top seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the quarterfinals, but the ace men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty entered the semifinal of the Thailand Open here on Friday.

Sindhu lost 21-19, 18-21, 15-21 to world number three Yamaguchi in the women’s singles quarterfinal match that lasted just over one hour in the USD 500,000 Super 500 tournament.

Despite the loss, world number 12 Sindhu leads the head-to-head record against Yamaguchi 15-13. In the Malaysia Open Super 1000 tournament in January, Sindhu had prevailed after Yamaguchi retired from their quarterfinal game due to an injury.