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Lakshya defeated Japan's Kenta Nishimoto in straight games to book a spot in the semis. The biggest disappointment from India's standpoint was Sindhu losing the match in just 2 games against Akane Yamaguchi.
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The head-to-head between Sindhu and Yamaguchi is now 13-9
With Sindhu's defeat, India's challenge at the individual continental championship has ended
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Fifth seed Sindhu will now face sixth seed Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand in the semi-finals.
India's Lakshya Sen on Friday crashed out in the quarter-finals.
Earlier, Indian women's doubles pair Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy bowed out of the tournament.
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The Hyderabad shuttler has withdrawn from the ongoing Thailand Open with her eyes set on the BWF World Championships that will be held from August 19 and 25.
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The shuttler failed to make her presence felt despite entering the final of the tournament on the back of a 21-19, 21-10 win against Chen Yufei, as fourth-seed Akane defeated her 15-21, 16-21.
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Sindhu had reached the semis after flattening Japanese number three seed Nozomi Okuhara 21-14, 21-7 while Chen beat USA`s Beiwen Zhang 21-14, 17-21, 21-16 in her quarterfinal match.
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Sindhu who had finished runner-up at the last edition in Dubai, dished out a superb game, mixed with patience and aggression, to defeat the Japanese 24-22 21-15.
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Star Indian shuttler PV Sindhu on Sunday vowed to come back stronger after losing an epic semifinal against World No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi at the All England Championship.
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Akane Yamaguchi registered a hard-fought victory 19-21, 21-19, 21-18 over PV Sindhu in semis.
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Indian women shuttlers advanced to the Badminton Asia Team Championship quarterfinals despite a 1-4 loss to Japan in which P V Sindhu notched up the country's only win on Thursday.
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It was her third defeat in the big finals, all in three games after the Rio Olympics – to Carolina Marin of Spain, and the Glasgow BWF World Championships – to Nozomi Okuhara of Japan.
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This was Sindhu's third defeat in big finals this year, following the final loses in Rio Olympics and Glasgow World Championships
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In a match that lasted 59 minutes, the Rio Olympic silver medalist defeated her Chinese counterpart 21-15, 21-18 in a stadium packed with Indian fans.
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In a groundbreaking year for India badminton, Sindhu became the first Indian female individual silver medallist in the Olympics, then helped the sport's profile raised with consistent performance.
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Sindhu is the lone Indian left in the tournament.
Intanon leads the head-to-head record 4-2.
In their last meeting, at 2016 Malaysia Open, the Thai shuttler beat Sindhu in straight games 21-7, 21-8.
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PV Sindhu is the lone Indian left in the tournament.
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Earlier today, Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy also lost their doubles match to top seeds Misaki Matsutomo and
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After losing the first game, Sindhu, who clinched the China Open and finished runners-up at Hong Kong, got her rhythm back to topple her opponent.
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World No. 12 Sindhu triumphed 21-8 15-21 21-16 in a contest which lasted an hour and three minutes.
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Sindhu will next square off against the winner of the match between Japan's Sayaka Sato and Japan's Akane Yamaguchi.
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