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Malaysia Masters: PV Sindhu’s endgame concerns prop up again as she squanders advantage in final defeat against Wang Zhi Yi | Badminton News

In the decisive phase of her Malaysia Masters final against Wang Zhi Yi, PV Sindhu could score just 5 points while the Chinese racked up 18. The Indian had led 11-3 in the third set at the change of sides before her endgame spectacularly crumbled and she was blown away 16-21 by the Asian Champion. That decider lasted 36 whole minutes and Sindhu played many long rallies in utter vain in that period. The 21-16, 5-21, 16-21 loss, denying the 28-year-old a title, was the latest exhibit of how things fall apart routinely for the two-time Olympic medallist in recent years at the clutch. She got tired. Her mind went clueless. The opponent pounced on the opportunity and Sindhu just couldn’t stem the flow. This would not be worrisome had Sindhu been playing badly, making errors, defending tamely or attacking recklessly. But she was playing good strokes, even if the power in them was slightly punctured like a slowly deflating tire. But she just couldn’t kill a rally with accurate shot selection after switching sides …

PV Sindhu ‘disappointed’ with Malaysia Masters final loss, but ‘happy’ to make final

PV Sindhu is upset that she could not win the Malaysia Masters Super 500 women’s singles title, her first final on the BWF World Tour since April last year when she lost to Putri Kusuma Wardani at Madrid Spain Masters. The Indian shuttler suffered a heartbreaking defeat (21-16, 5-21, 16-21) to China’s Wang Zhi Yi at Kuala Lumpur’s Axiata Arena on Sunday despite putting up a brave fight in a 79-minute battle. Wang pulled off a massive upset victory after trailing for most of the deciding third game. “It is sad that I did not get the result that I expected. I think I should have pulled it off, maintaining the lead (in the third game), but there were really good rallies and she also came back. And overall I can say that it is, it has been a very good match,” Sindhu told BWF after the final. Sindhu, despite playing three successive three-game matches en route to the final compared to one by Wang, started the final on a dominating note and won the …

Malaysia Masters 2024 Final Live Updates: PV Sindhu to take on Asian Champion Wang Zhi Yi in title clash | Badminton News

Malaysia Masters: Sindhu overcomes slow start, outlasts Busanan in 88-minute thriller to reach first final in a year It is a rivalry, so to speak, that extends as far back as 2012 but Busanan Ongbamrungphan has never really managed to crack the code against PV Sindhu. Before Saturday, the Thai shuttler had faced Sindhu 18 times and lost 17 of those matches. But in the semifinal of the Malaysia Masters, she came out firing, almost playing with a lightness of feet that comes with a nothing-to-lose attitude. Sindhu might have dominated this Head-to-Head over the last 12 years, but a measure of the difficulties she faced in Kuala Lumpur could be summed up with this stat: it was only in the 49th point of the match that the Indian managed to string together three straight points. But, once she did that to take an 8-7 lead in Game 2 after dropping the opener, Sindhu didn’t look back. As it turned out, that point is when the momentum swung. Sindhu wouldn’t trail for a single point …