India’s HS Prannoy in motion towards Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia in the course of the Men’s Singles Quarterfinal badminton match on the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China, on October 5, 2023.
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A valiant H.S. Prannoy battled his approach into the semifinal of the boys’s singles with a thrilling three-game win over Malaysia Lee Zii Jia to guarantee India a badminton medal, however it was curtains for P.V. Sindhu in ladies’s singles on the Asian Games right here on Thursday.
Battling a again damage, world no.7 Prannoy dug deep to eke out a combating 21-16 21-23 22-20 win over world no.16 Zii Jia in a marathon 78 minute quarterfinal contest.
Prannoy’s medal would be the first in males’s singles on the Asian Games since Syed Modi’s bronze in the 1982 version in New Delhi.
A drained Prannoy saved two match factors in the decider along with his booming smashes and deceptions to register a nice victory.
Earlier in the day, two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu crashed out of the continental showpiece, dropping in straight video games towards China’s He Bingjiao. Sindhu, at the moment ranked 15th, seemed a pale shadow of herself towards world No.5 Bingjiao, dropping 16-21, 12-21 in 47 minutes to bow out of the competitors.
India’s P.V. Sindhu leaves after dropping the Women’s Singles quarterfinal badminton match towards and China’s He Bingjiao on the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou on October 5, 2023.
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It was Bingjiao whom Sindhu had defeated in straight video games to win the bronze medal on the Tokyo Olympics however the Chinese avenged her defeat on residence soil to deny the Indian of a third Asian Games medals.
Sindhu had gained bronze and silver medals respectively in 2014 Incheon and 2018 Jakarta Asian Games.
The first sport began on a even keel between the 2 gamers as each shared factors until six-all earlier than Bingjiao took a 9-5 lead.
Sindhu struggled along with her court docket protection as Bingjiao made the Indian run all the court docket and sealed the factors with correct placements and smashes to seal the primary sport simply in 23 minutes.
Sindhu’s battle continued in the subsequent sport as Bingjiao took a 5-1 lead.
The star Indian shuttler’s returns had been brief and Bingjiao made no mistake in closing out the factors with pinpoint smashes.
Sindhu confirmed some battle initially in the second sport to shut the hole at 8-9 with 4 straight factors earlier than the Chinese’s took management of the sport and raced to 12-Eight lead.
Sindhu was nowhere to be seen thereafter and seemed to have surrendered as Bingjiao closed out the sport and match in fast time.