Singapore OpenPV Sindhu crashes out after losing to Carolina Marin in thriller

PV Sindhu crashed out of the Singapore Open 2024 after losing to Spain’ s Carolina Marin in the Round of 16 match on Thursday, May 30. In a match that had numerous ups and downs, the ace India shuttler won the opening video game before losing the match 21-11, 11-21, 20-22. It likewise occurred to be Sindhu’ s 6th loss in a row at the hands of the Spaniard.

Out of their 17 conferences so far on the BWF circuit, Marin beat Sindhu for the 12th time. The last time Sindhu overcame Marin was back in the quarterfinal of the Malaysia Open back in 2018, when she won in straight video games 22-20, 21-19. Ever since, Sindhu lost to Marin on the planet Championships, Indonesia Masters, Malaysia Open and Denmark Open before decreasing in Singapore.

In Singapore, Sindhu began on a good-looking note after beating Line Kjæ rsfeldt of Denmark 21-12, 22-20. Versus Marin, she controlled in the opening video game before her challenger countered highly. In the last video game, Sindhu was leading 15-10 and later on 18-15 before Marin made a stupendous resurgence.

PV Sindhu’ s wait continues

After losing to Marin, Sindhu’ s wait on a title likewise continued after her Singapore Open break-in back in 2022. Having actually made her go back to the court previously this year in February, Sindhu likewise missed out on the Uber Cup and Thailand Open. In the Malaysia Masters, she stunned front runner Han Yue in the quarterfinal before losing to China’ s Wang Zhiyi 21-16, 5-21, 16-21 in the last.

Sindhu is now set to participate in the Paris Olympics 2024, which is arranged to get underway on July 26. Expectations will be high from the 28-year-old, who is the only Indian lady to have actually won back-to-back medals at the quadrennial occasion. Sindhu will now be training at the Hermann-Neuberger Sportschule in Saarbrucken, Germany before heading to Paris.