Hooda knocked out of French Open badminton

NEW DELHI: Unnati Hooda's run at the French Open Super 750 came to an end when she was overpowered by world number two Wang Zhiyi in the pre-quarterfinals of the women's singles, in Cesson-Sevigne, France, on Thursday.

Hooda lost 14-21, 11-21 in a 39-minute straight-game defeat, struggling to challenge the second seed throughout the contest.

This marked the 18-year-old's second consecutive loss to Wang, having previously met at the Singapore Open, where Hooda had taken a game before eventually succumbing.

In the mixed doubles, the Indian pair of Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde went down 23-21, 8-21, 17-21 to World No 5 Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue of France.

The exit of Hooda and the mixed doubles team came a day after India's top men's doubles duo Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy were also eliminated from the tournament. Agencies

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