PV Sindhu crashed out of the All England Open Badminton Championships 2018 on Saturday after losing against Japan's Akane Yamaguchi in the semifinals. Sindhu was last Indian in fray at the championships.
Here are the updates of PV Sindhu v/s Akane Yamaguchi match:
23:59
Disappointment for Sindhu- she has lost 21-19, 19-21, 21-18 to Yamaguchi.
23:58
Sindhu loses a challenge- Yamaguchi leads 19-18.
23:55
Error from both players- Yamaguchi sends it out and then not allowed a change. Sindhu then fails to return a net-to-net. 17-17.
23:53
This has been a fabulous match so far- they are still producing long rallies of high quality. 16-16.
23:50
Another error and it's 14-14. Yamaguchi has won 7 of the last 8 points.
23:49
Sindhu is looking a little tired now- she still leads just 14-13 now.
23:48
4 straight points for Yamaguchi, she is back in the match. 13-11
23:47
Fabolous fron Yamaguchi this- she somehow keeps returning it back. Sindhu can't reach one after 51 shots. 13-10 now.
23:43
Another 33-shot rally- goes in favour of Sindhu- her advantage is now 13-7.
23:41
Another great rally- but this time Sindhu gets the point. Sindhu leads 11-7 at the change of ends.
23:38
Another great rally- another 44-shot rally. Yamaguchi gets the point in the end. Sindhu leads 8-6.
23:36
Yamaguchi makes a mistake, Sindhu judges it well to make it 7-3
23:35
Another great smash by Sindhu- 6-3
23:34
What a smash- Sindhu picked it up earlier, it was high back-end smash, no chance for Yamaguchi. 5-3
23:31
Yamaguchi has dominated the play near the net while Sindhu has had better smashes. Really tiring for PV. She had also played more minutes before this match. 3-3
23:30
Both players hit it wide in succession, 1-1.
23:29
Sindhu has been in these situations many time- she has lost too many big matches after winning the first game. Can she break the trend today?
23:27
Sindhu saves one game point but can't save the next- Yamaguchi wins the second game 21-19
23:26
Sindhu make an error after long-long rally- Yamaguchi has two game points. 20-18
23:24
Sindhu has reduced the gap to one point, 19-18- we were in a similar situation in the first game. It all comes down to who holds her nerve better.
23:23
Shot of the day from Sindhu- it was diagonal cross from left to right. 19-16
23:21
Yamaguchi has extended her advantage. She leads 18-14 now. Sindhu needs to up her game if she wants to end it here.
23:20
Both players hit outside. It's 16-14 now.
23:19
Oh... What a rally, then longest rally of the match. However, Sindhu nets it in the end. Heartbreaking. 15-13.
23:17
Sindhu dives to save one from Yamaguchi- but can't get up in time for the next one. 14-12 leads the Japanese.
23:16
Oh what a rally. Brilliant by both. Yamaguchi recovers well after Sindhu's smash to then net it next. 12-12
23:15
Great smash by Sindhu, she now trails 11-12.
23:13
Good great drop shots by Yamaguchi means that she leads 11-9 at the break in the second game.
23:11
Good comeback by Sindhu to make it 9-9
23:10
Yamaguchi is chasing Sindhu around the court and she is a little faster too- she leads 9-7 now.
23:07
Two points for Yamaguchi. First comes after a great pick-up by Yamaguchi, Sindhi sends one wide for the second.
23:05
Both players have traded points so far, 3-3.
23:02
What a rally.
23:00
Sindhu does it with a cracking smash. 21-19.
She may have won the game but the momentum is with the Japanese. It will an interesting second game.
22:59
Yamaguchi squanders two points, then wins one. Sindhu then judges one perfectly to make it 20-18.
22:57
And Yamaguchi has made it 17-17.
22:56
Very good comeback by Yamaguchi so far- she has won 7 of the last 8 points. The last point comes after a lonnnnnng rally. Sindhu leads 17-16.
22:53
Yamaguchi is not giving away- Sindhu loses a challenge but she still leads 17-13.
22:50
Solid from Sindhu so far- she is using the height advantage well. 16-8
22:46
11-5 in Sindhu's favour at the break in the first game. However, Yamaguchi has not made it easy for her.
22:42
Yamaguchi gets her first point to make it 1-6.
22:40
Great start from Sindhu. She is dominating the game so far, leads 5-0 against Yamaguchi in the opening game.
22:33
Here we go- PV Singhu is here.
Other results of the day:
Men's Doubles: Pedersen and Juhl of Denmark became the first Europeans to book their spot in the final
Men's Doubles: Marcus F Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya beat Mads Pieler Kolding and Mads Conrad-Petersen to reach the final.
Women's Singles: Tai Tzu Ying beats Chen Yufei to reach the final.
Men's Singles: Shi Yuqi entered his second All England final in as many years after defeating Son Wan Ho.
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