PV Sindhu falls to World No. 1 TAI Tzu Ying at Tokyo Olympics; Bronze hope still alive

In a heartbreaking development, India's star shuttler PV Sindhu failed to defeat the World Number 1 shuttler Chinese Taipei's (Taiwan) TAI Tzu Ying and enter into the finals of women's badminton singles. PV Sindhu fought valiantly to keep India's hope for gold alive in the semi-final. However, Taiwan's Ying proved to be too good for Rio's silver-medalist. 

PV Sindhu's hope to ensure a medal for India is still not over as she will be facing China's He Bing Jiao tomorrow to ensure a bronze medal for India. Notably, if PV Sindhu manages to defeat He Bing Jiao in the bronze medal match, she will be the first female athlete to win two medals at the Olympic event in a row. Before Sindhu, wrestler Sushil Kumar had won two Olympics medals in individual events - Bronze and Silver medals in Wrestling. 

PV Sindhu gave a tough fight in the first set, however, she was defeated by 21-18 in favour of Ying. In the second set, Sindhu was completely outplayed as Ying won the second set by 21-12.

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