Tokyo Olympics 2021: PV Sindhu loses to Tai Tzu-Ying in semis, Billion hearts break

India's PV Sindhu, seeded sixth, lost Badminton Women's Singles Semifinal 18-21,12-21 in 40 minutes to second seed Tai Tzu-Ying of Chinese Taipei. Sindhu will now face He Bingjiao in the Bronze Medal match tomorrow, that is Sunday.

PV Sindhu loses to Tai Tzu-Ying in semis

Reigning world champion PV SindhReigning world champion PV Sindhu on July 31 lost to Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu-Ying in the Badminton Women's Singles Semifinal of Tokyo Olympics.

The Semi-final match took place at Court 1 of the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza.

With Sindhu's loss, India hope to win a gold in Women's Badminton also faded away. Sindhu will now face He Bingjiao in the Bronze Medal match on Sunday, while Tai Tzu-Ying will take on China's Chen Yufei in the Gold Medal match.

The Chinese Taipei shuttler entered the semifinals of the Olympics for the first time. However, in 2016 Rio Olympics Sindhu and Tai met in the pre-quarterfinal stage, Sindhu emerged triumphant 21-13, 21-15 in 40 minutes.

Sindhu had defeated Japan's Akane Yamaguchi in the quarterfinals by 21-13, 22-20.u on July 31 lost to Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu-Ying in the Badminton Women's Singles Semifinal of Tokyo Olympics.

The Semi-final match took place at Court 1 of the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza.

With Sindhu's loss, India hope to win a gold in Women's Badminton also faded away. Sindhu will now face He Bingjiao in the Bronze Medal match on Sunday, while Tai Tzu-Ying will take on China's Chen Yufei in the Gold Medal match.

The Chinese Taipei shuttler entered the semifinals of the Olympics for the first time. However, in 2016 Rio Olympics Sindhu and Tai met in the pre-quarterfinal stage, Sindhu emerged triumphant 21-13, 21-15 in 40 minutes.

Sindhu had defeated Japan's Akane Yamaguchi in the quarterfinals by 21-13, 22-20.

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