Indonesia
Open
2021:
PV
Sindhu,
Satwik-Chirag
pair
enter
semifinals;
Sai
Praneeth
crashes
out

In
a
54-minute
encounter,
the
second-seed
Thai
shuttler
fought
back
to
defeat
Sindhu
by
15-21,
21-9,
21-14.
The
win
on
Saturday
saw
the
Thai
shuttler
improve
her
head-to-head
over
Sindhu,
making
it
7-4
over
the
two-times
Olympic
medallist.

The
third-seeded
Sindhu
had
the
early
advantage
as
she
raced
to
an
8-3
lead
to
start
the
semifinal
on
a
strong
foot.
Intanon
fought
back
to
reduce
the
deficit,
but
the
Indian
capitalised
on
Intanon’s
errors,
to
pocket
the
opening
game
21-15.

In
the
second
game,
Intanon
turned
the
tables,
racing
to
a
11-7
lead
during
the
mid-game
break.
Misjudgements
at
the
line
saw
Sindhu
lose
crucial
points
as
the
Thai
shuttler
levelled
the
match,
racing
to
a
21-9
win
in
the
second
game.

💔@Pvsindhu1
put
up
valiant
efforts
but
fell
short
as
she
went
down
21-15,
9-21,
14-21
against
2nd
seed
🇹🇭’s
Ratchanok
Intanon
in
the
semifinals
at

#IndonesiaOpen2021.

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—
BAI
Media
(@BAI_Media)

November
27,
2021

In
the
decider,
the
second
seeded
Intanon
kept
the
momentum
going
as
she
raced
to
a
11-5
lead
in
the
break.
Though
Sindhu
fought
back
to
win
four
straight
points,
Intanon
denied
Sindhu
a
chance
at
defending
her
title,
as
she
wrapped
up
the
win,
clinching
the
decider
21-14.

In
the
title
clash
of
the
women’s
singles
event
on
the
Indonesia
Open,
Sindhu
will
now
face
fourth-seed
An
Se-Young
of
South
Korea.
The
South
Korean
shuttler
sealed
her
place
in
the
final
with
a
win
over
Thailand’s
Pornpawee
Chochuwong
21-19,
21-19
in
the
first
semifinal
of
the
day.

Later
in
the
day,
men’s
doubles
pair
of
Satwiksairaj
Rankireddy
and
Chirag
Shetty
went
down
in
straight
games
in
their
men’s
doubles
semifinal,
to
bring
the
curtains
down
on
India’s
campaign.

The
Indian
duo
lost
to
top
seeds
Kevin
Sanjaya
Sukamuljo
and
Marcus
Fernaldi
Gideon
of
Indonesia.
The
Indian
duo
went
down
in
a
44-minute
contest,
falling
to
a
21-16,
21-18
defeat
to
the
Indonesian
pair.

(Input
from
agencies)