Kapila-Crasto in last-8 but Sindhu shown door
Double Olympics medallist PV Sindhu and the promising Priyanshu Rajawat crashed out in the pre-quarterfinals at the Badminton Asia Championships here on Thursday. The 29-year-old Sindhu, ranked 17th, fought hard before going down 12-21 21-16 16-21 to world No. 4 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in a women’s singles contest that lasted over one hour.
Rajawat lost 14-21 17-21 against world No. 7 Kodai Naraoka of Japan in men’s singles. It was curtains for Kiran George as well in the men’s singles event as he lost 21-19 13-21 16-21 against world No. 5 Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand.
However, the mixed doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto entered the quarterfinals, beating Ye Hong Wei and Nicole Gonzales Chan of Chinese Taipei 12-21 21-16 21-18.
