Tokyo Olympics : VP Sindhu loses to Tai Tzu Ying in semifinals, will now play for bronze

India’s star badminton player PV Sindhu on Saturday missed out on her second consecutive silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics after losing to Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the semi-finals. Despite making a good start in the semi-finals, Sindhu’s grip on the match weakened as time passed in front of the Indian player world number one and Tai Tzu Ying defeated the Indian player 21-18, 21-12 in straight games. Closed the way to reach the final. However, the medal path is not closed for Sindhu and she will now fight for the bronze medal. Sindhu will face He Bing Xiao of China on August 1 for the bronze.

PV Sindhu misses out on 🥇 and 🥈as she comes second best in a semi-final fight against World No. 1 Tzu Ying Tai of #TPE 21-18, 21-12 💔

The #IND shuttler will meet #CHN's He Bing Jiao in a fight for the 🥉#Tokyo2020 | #UnitedByEmotion | #StrongerTogether @Pvsindhu1

— Olympic Khel (@OlympicKhel) July 31, 2021

Tokyo Olympics: VP Sindhu loses to Tai Tzu Ying in semi-finals, will now play for bronze
PV Sindhu’s semi-final match in Tokyo Olympics

Tokyo Olympics: On Saturday, India’s star badminton player PV Sindhu missed out on her second consecutive silver medal in the Olympics after losing to Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the semi-finals. Despite making a good start in the semi-finals, Sindhu’s grip on the match weakened as time passed in front of the Indian player world number one and Tai Tzu Ying defeated the Indian player 21-18, 21-12 in straight games. Closed the way to reach the final. However, the medal path is not closed for Sindhu and she will now fight for the bronze medal. Sindhu will face He Bing Xiao of China on August 1 for the bronze.

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1st game: Sindhu gets battered in crucial moments

PV Sindhu started the match with a similar attack as she finished in the previous match against Yamaguchi. Same attacking stance, same energy and just as awesome returns and within minutes of the first game, the Indian player took an 8-4 lead. From here Ta Tzu Ying got two points, but showing a little confidence, Sindhu soon put herself ahead, but again in the points fight, Xu Ying took her point to seven with a fine smash . During this, Xu Ying showed how much he had a grip on the game with the net, but the world champion did not show such mastery in log return or rally. There were also some unforced errors and again the score went 11-8 in Sindhu’s favour. This was after the first ten minutes.

After a short break, Xu Ying picked up some good points and the score was soon level at 13-13. From here Sidhu took the lead when the Taipei player’s return shot got stuck in the net, but a similar situation happened at Sindhu’s next point and the score was leveled at 14-14. But from here Sidhu got two points. These points came from Xu Ying’s own poor return, but both these points were covered by Xu Ying to level the score again at 16-16. Sindhu made a comeback when Tai Tzu Ying’s return again fell in her court and the score was reduced to 17-16 by PV. From here there was a long rally between the two, but Tai Tzu Ying won the match and the score was leveled at 17-17. The struggle for the last points had now reached a different point. From here Sindhu looked a bit slow and when the score was level at 18-18, from here Tai Tzu Ying put three points in his bag to win the first game. have done.

Second game: The effect of defeat was visible.. and Sindhu was shattered

The impact of the loss in the first game was also visible on Sindhu, then also on Tai Tzu Ying. Tai’s aggression, riding on the chariot of psychological gain, went to a different level. The mistakes of the first game were missing. Excellent return, smash and gotcha return, the result was Xu Ying leading 11-7 after the first break of the second game. Tai’s confidence was increasing and PV Sindhu’s nervousness and the score reached 16-8 on sight. From here the future of the match was visible to a great extent and Sindhu had to do something from here.

Taking a point from here, Sindhu scored 9-16 and also captured the service. Incorrect mistakes were made by Xu Ying, the score reached 12-18, but the difference of points had become too much. The decisive moment had arrived. And once again the World No. 1 player, showing his experience in the decisive moments, won the second game 21-12 and entered the final by winning the match in straight games.