Denmark Open | Sindhu, Jayaram, and Prannoy bow out in 2nd round

10/21/2016

The Denmark Open ended abruptly for India as PV Sindhu, Ajay Jayaram, and HS Prannoy were knocked out in the 2nd round on Thursday. Sindhu lost to Sayaka Sato 21-13, 21-23, 21-18 in a marathon encounter, while Jayaram and Prannoy went down to Shi Yuqi and World No.1 Lee Chong Wei respectively.

Olympic silver medallist Sindhu raced to a 12-8 lead in the opening game against world No.12 Sato but the Japanese raised her game to win 6 points in a row before Sindhu could manage another point. Thereon Sato went on a 7-point spree to win the game comfortably.

The second game was closely fought. At 19-16 world No. 8 Sindhu was two points away from leveling the match, but Sato refused to go down without a fight. Eventually, Sindhu had to win four more points to win the game at 23-21.

The decider was a topsy-turvy affair. Tied at 18-all Sato raised her game once again to clinch three points in a row to win the match.

Earlier Jayaram lost to China’s Yuqi for the second time this year following the defeat at the Indonesian Masters. After Yuqi took a comfortable 20-15 lead in the first game, Jayaram saved five game points in a row to tie at 20 and again at 21.- Yuqiwon 23-21. The second game turned out lop-sided with the Chinese winning 21-15.

Prannoy put up a valiant fight in the second game after losing the opener 10-21. With the score tied at 20, however, Wei shifted gears to close out the match.

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