Korea Open: PV Sindhu loses to world number four An Seyoung in the semi-finals

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: Apr 09, 2022, 03:56 PM IST

Third-seeded Indian PV Sindhu tried everything during the Semi-Final against Korean An Seyoung but was not able to find a way past her in the match

Ace badminton player, PV Sindhu was not able to defeat her counterpart during the semi-final match of the Korea Open as she went on to lose 2 sets directly in the 48-minute long encounter by 14-21, 17-21. 

This was Sindhu's fourth consecutive loss against An Seyoung and with this loss PV Sindhu had to sign off the Korean Open super 500 badminton tournament. 

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An Seyoung was at her best from the start of the 1st set as quickly she got the lead of 6-1 over PV Sindhu. The Indian Shuttler did manage to counterattack by some smashes and took the score to 4-7 but the Korean was at her best today and increased her lead further to 11-6 at the break time of the 1st set. Sindhu tried to keep up to the pace of An Seyoung but was not able to get a breakthrough and lost the 1st set by 14-21.

Sindhu was off to a good 3-0 start in the second set but An Seyoung soon surged ahead to 5-3. At one point of the 2nd set, the scores tied at 9-9 but the Korean was relentless in her retrievals and soon moved to a two-point advantage when Sindhu shot one to the net. Sindhu lost the second set by 17-21.