Already out of contention for the knockouts, World champion P V Sindhu ended her campaign with a consolation win at the BWF World Tour Finals but Kidambi Srikanth had a disappointing finish after yet another close defeat, here on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sindhu, the Olympic silver medallist, notched up a 21-18 21-15 win over world number 13 Pornpawee Chochuwong in her third and final match after suffering defeats in the first two days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Well I think it was a good finish. Actually until yesterday I still had a chance. Unfortunately the match with Tai went the other way, so I didn’t have a chance. Otherwise, it was a good game,” Sindhu said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Srikanth, however, went down 21-12 18-21 19-21 to Hong Kong’s NG Ka Long Angus in what was yet another narrow defeat in a three-game thriller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sindhu opened up a 9-5 lead early on before entering the interval with a two-point advantage. Chochuwong managed to turn the tables at 15-14 but a determined Sindhu ensured there was no hiccups as she claimed the opening game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the second, Sindhu dished out a dominating game as she jumped to a 6-0 lead and then kept moving ahead, keeping her rival at bay to seal the contest without much ado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“For any athlete, losing two games is going to be hard to come back stronger to, but I think it’s very important from these wins to come back stronger and believe in yourself. I just played my game after yesterday’s upset,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Today is a new day and a fresh start. These three tournaments haven’t gone as I had expected and there’s been a lot to learn. After a long gap, I was very excited to be back on court, I think it’s been a good thing. Now I’ll go back home, be happy, take some rest and come back stronger.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In men’s singles, both the players entered the inconsequential match with a 2-2 head-to-head record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
World number 14 Srikanth once again claimed the opening game after fighting his way from 4-6 down but his opponents, placed eighth in the BWF rankings, rallied to win the next two games and seal the issue in his favour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the second game, Srikanth was up 13-10 at one stage but couldn’t capitalise as his rival made a successful comeback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the decider, Srikanth was left to do the catching up job throughout before he held a slender 15-14 lead. They were tied 19-19 but the Indian once again failed to go the distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The men’s singles Group B match lasted one hour and five minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Srikanth’s hopes of making the semifinals were dashed after he had lost to world number 12 Wang Tzu Wei on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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