The Rio Olympic silver medalist was denied second place in a row by world number 1 Tai Tzu Ying, who practiced magic with her racket in the women’s badminton singles final at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.
PV Sindhu lost the semi-finals against the Taiwanese star 18-21, 12-21 in 40 minutes, which means 4 defeats in a row against Numero Uno. While Sindhu suffered a heartbreak, it was a moment of redemption for Tai who reached her first Olympic final.
Tai stayed behind for most of the first game. She went into the interlude of the first game with 8-11. But at no point did it look like she had allowed Sindhu to dominate. The Indian superstar had started off brilliantly with a stunning cross-court smash and take-off from a defensive position, which gave Tai a taste of her own medicine.
But that was probably the last time Sindhu was allowed to smash the way she normally does, while Tai controlled the rally and made sure it pulled out the Indian’s greatest weapon.
Some of these slice drops from Tai, as the on-air commentators pointed out, should certainly be banned!
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