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This victory marked Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty's fourth triumph in six encounters against Kang Min Hyuk and Seo Seung Jae, solidifying their dominance in head-to-head battles.

Leading 14-11 in the second game after having won the first game, Sindhu was handed a point penalty for taking too much time to serve between points

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

Indian shuttlers who are in the top 15 in the BWF rankings will be picked directly.

With a 21-19 19-21 22-20 win in a quarter-final match that lasted for one hour and 19 minutes, Kidambi Srikanth will now face World No.8 Jonatan Christie of Indonesia for a place in the final.

The two time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu booked her finals spot after defeating Japan's Akane Yamaguchi in the semi-finals 15-21,21-19.

Indian shuttler Srikanth Kidambi was knocked out in the semi-finals of the BWF World Tour Finals by Malaysian Lee Zii Jia, 21-19 21-14.

After a slow start, Sindhu, the reigning world champion, engineered a turnaround to register a hard-fought 17-21 21-17 21-17 win over a tenacious Aya Ohori of Japan in one hour 10 minutes.

Indian shuttler PV Sindhu was knocked out of the Indonesia Masters easily by Japanese shuttler Akane Yamaguchi 13-21 9-21.

Sindhu took 47 minutes to record a 17-21 21-7 21-12 win over Spain's Clara Azurmendi Women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponappa and N Sikki Reddy also crashed out of the event

The two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu defeated Spanish shuttler Clara Azurmendi to reach the quarter-finals where she will face World No. 30 Neshlihan Yigit.

The entire game lasted for 49 minutes which saw the Indian shuttler getting over the line after a fighting show. 

Three Indian shuttlers and one member of support staff had tested positive for coronavirus ahead of the tournament. On Tuesday, India shuttler Saina Nehwal had said that she was still waiting for her COVID-19 test report. The start of the All England Open Badminton Championships has been delayed after several COVID-19 tests conducted were deemed "inconclusive".

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.

This was Sindhu's third defeat in big finals this year, following the final loses in Rio Olympics and Glasgow World Championships

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.

World number three Sindhu has been clubbed along with number two ranked Akane Yamaguchi of Japan, Sayako Sato (world number 15), also of Japan, and Bingjiao (world number nine) in Group A.

After the high of Rio Olympics last year, Sindhu continued her rampaging run this season clinching the India Open Super Series and Korea Open Super Series, besides bagging the silver at Glasgow World Championship and finishing as runners-up at Hong Kong Open last month.

Prannoy, who has reached the world no 10 rank for the first time in his career, spoke to reporters after being announced as member of debutants Ahmedabad Smash Masters in the third Premier Badminton League commencing on December 23.

This is Sindhu's second loss in the four finals that she reached this season. She had lost to Japan's Nozomi Okuhara at the World Championship final, while clinched two titles at India and Korea this year.