PV Sindhu loses, Rohan-Ruthvika pair enters second round of All England Badminton Open Championships

LONDON: PV Sindhu suffered an inexplicable meltdown, bowing out of the All England Championships with a three-game loss to Korea’s Kim Ga Eun in the women’s singles opening round on Wednesday. The two-time Olympic medallist, returning after recovering from a hamstring injury, squandered an opening-game advantage to lose 21-19, 13-21, 13-21 to world number 21 Kim in a match that lasted just over an hour at Arena Birmingham.

Sindhu, 29, was cruising at 20-12 in the opening game but almost threw it away, allowing Kim to recover to 19-20 before eventually winning the game.

Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde progressed to the second round of mixed doubles competition, prevailing 21-10, 17-21, 24-22 over Chinese Taipei’s Ye Hong Wei and Nicole Gonzales Chan, ranked 41st. Agencies

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