Ajit Karn
Sunday, Olympic medalist and Indian shuttler PV Sindhu lost her final women’s singles match at the ongoing Madrid Spain Masters to Indonesia’s Mariska Tunjung.
According to Olympics.com, she lost the match in two sets, 8-21 and 8-21.
Sindhu, who was seeded second and ranked eleventh in the BWF World Rankings, made her first final appearance of the year after failing to advance past the second round in the tournaments she had previously played. Saturday, Sindhu advanced to the final of the women’s singles competition by defeating Singapore’s Yeo Jia Min.
In her semifinal match, Sindhu prevailed by scores of 24-22, 22-20.
She faced Tunjung, ranked 12th in the world, who had defeated Carolina Marin, a former Olympic champion and top seed.
Sindhu got off to a sluggish start and committed some unforced errors, which gave her opponent the upper hand. The Indonesian easily claimed the first game by taking advantage of Sindhu’s errors.
Sindhu could do little to halt her opponent in the second game, as Tunjung easily won the second game and the match in straight games in just 28 minutes. She won her first BWF World Tout competition.
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It was Gregoria Mariska Tunjung’s first victory against PV Sindhu in eight previous encounters.
