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The PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy in difficulty in difficulty again disappointed while India collapsed from the BWF Southirman CUP final after having conceded an unassailable 1-3 advance to Indonesia in a group D match on Tuesday. Having lost to Denmark 1-4 during its opening match on Sunday, India was to win the competition on Tuesday to stay alive in the race for the scene with direct elimination. The defeat rendered his last group of India against England – which also made a exit from the tournament – without consequences. Indonesia, which had beaten England 5-0 on Sunday, and Denmark arrived in the Channel after winning two games on the trot. Denmark prevailed on England 5-0 Tuesday.
With only two teams that progress from the group to the Channel, it was an essential match for India, but they were upgraded by their most imaginary opponents. The bad form of their simple star players – Prannoy and Sindhu – did not help the cause of the team.
Sindhu and Prannoy had also lost their respective matches for women and simple against Denmark.
India took a winning start with the pair of mixed doubles of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto, who passed Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto and Gloria Emanuelle Widjala 10-21 21-18 21-19 in an exhausting match which lasted an hour and 10 minutes.
In simple feminine, the double Olympic medalist Sindhu, ranked 18th now, continued to fight for the form, losing 12-21 13-21 against the world number 11 Putri Kusuma Wardani, a player she beat twice before, in 38 minutes.
With the scores accumulated 1-1, Prannoy was against Jonatan Christie, and he was on his foot before having won the first match 21-19. But the number six Indonesian worldwide took control of the match after that because he won the second and third games 21-14 21-12 against the world number 30.
The pair of women’s double female Konjengbam and Shruti Mishra was not up to Lanny Tria Mayasari and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti while they lost 10-21 9-21.
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