Sindhu, World No. 9, gave some combat earlier than dropping 17-21, 11-21 within the 39-minute ladies’s singles contest.
Sindhu used to be little laid again during the fit whilst her international quantity 17 opponent confirmed extra agility and attacking intent.
This is the 3rd time double Olympic medalist Sindhu has misplaced her first spherical fit this yr.
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She had misplaced to Carolina Marin of Spain in Malaysia Open in January earlier than exiting the Indian Open on the identical level in the similar month.
She had not too long ago parted tactics together with her trainer Park Tae-sang of Korea, below whose steering she received a bronze on the Tokyo Olympics.
There used to be no longer a lot to tell apart to begin with between the 2 who had 1-1 head-to-head information earlier than Wednesday’s fit.
Sindhu led 6-5 after which made it 16-13. But the Chinese shuttler received seven instantly issues to steer 20-16 earlier than taking the primary sport in 21 mins.
In the second one sport, the 2 gamers have been tied 5-5 however Sindhu dedicated a couple of unforced mistakes and used to be quickly down 5-10.
Sindhu recovered a little bit to path 7-11 however used to be quickly down 9-16 earlier than dropping the second one sport and the fit.
Earlier all over the day, India’s ladies’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand Pullela shocked 7th seeded Thailand duo of Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai 21-18 21-14 in a 46-minute first spherical fit.
The Indian duo will meet the Japanese pair of Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota within the pre-quarterfinals.
On tuesday, Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy had received their respective males’s singles first spherical suits.
(With inputs from PTI)