Sindhu withdraws from the match, Indian challenge in French Open ends with the defeat of Satwik-Chirag

Rennes. Two-time Olympic medalist badminton player PV Sindhu crashed out of the women’s singles while Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty crashed out of the men’s doubles, ending India’s challenge in the second round of the French Open here on Thursday. Sindhu had to withdraw from the second round of this BWF World Tour Super 750 tournament due to a knee injury despite winning the first game against Thailand’s Supanida Ketthong.

Sindhu won the first game 21-18. In the second game, when the score was 1-1, the Indian player suffered a problem in his left knee. Sindhu suffered the injury on her left knee while returning Ketthong’s shot. Sindhu applied magic spray on the injury and took help from the tournament doctor. After this, Sindhu consulted her coach Hafiz Hashim twice and for this she was also shown a yellow card.

The Indian player, however, then decided to withdraw from the match against Ketthong, who made it to the quarter-finals. Sindhu had earlier defeated Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 12-21 21-18 21-15 in the first round. After this, the third seeded pair of Satwik and Chirag also had to face defeat in a tough match 23-25 ​​21-19 19-21 against the Indonesian pair of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the pre-quarterfinals of men’s doubles.

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