Indonesia Open 2021: Indian shuttlers lose in the semi-finals

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 The Indian challenge ended as both PV Sindhu and the men’s doubles pair lost in the semi-finals of the Super 1000 Indonesia Open played at Bali, Indonesia on Saturday.

PV Sindhu went down fighting to Intanon of Thailand in three games.  Indian started on an aggressive note taking an 8-3 lead before the experienced Thai player came back strongly to reduce the gap to 9-10. Sindhu held a one-point lead at the interval. After the mid-game interval, the Indian looked in complete control and won the first game easily at 21-15.

In the second game, Ratchnok put on a strong showing as took a commanding 11-7 lead at the interval. After the break, the Thai player showed intent right from word go and made life tough for the Indian taking the next 10 points to win the second game easily to be at game point. Sindhu hit into the net handing the opposition second game.

Sindhu committed too many unforced errors in the deciding game as Ratchnok took a commanding 11-6 lead at the interval. After the break, Intanon played brilliantly and went into a decent lead. Sindhu took four points in succession to reduce the gap at 13-16. Inatnon kept Indian on the backfoot and won decider at 21-14.

The men’s doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj RankiReddy and Chirag Shetty lost to top-seeded Marcus Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya in two straight games. It was an impressive performance by the young Indian pairing giving a tough fight to the top-seeded pair of Indonesia.

It was a closely fought first game as the Indian pair looked confident with their smashes but lost momentum at important times to lose it by 16-21.

The second game saw both pairs fighting for each point as there were long rallies. Satwik and Chirag took a slender 11-10 lead at the interval. After the break, the Indian pair looked confident putting the Indonesian pair under pressure. Gideon and Sanjaya showed their experience to win the second game at 21-18.



 





PV Sindhu and men's doubles pair lose in the semi-finals of Indonesia Open 2021 

    

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