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Double Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu's hold for a BWF rubric continued arsenic she bowed retired successful the semifinals of the Australian Badminton Open aft a straight-game decision to apical effect Akane Yamaguchi of Japan, successful Sydney connected Saturday (June 13, 2026).
The erstwhile satellite No 1, who got a 3rd seed, enactment up a spirited combat successful the opening crippled and adjacent held a crippled constituent earlier going down 20-22, 12-21 to the satellite No. 3 Japanese successful a 43-minute contest.
With Sindhu's exit, India's run successful the tourney besides came to an extremity successful the BWF World Tour Super 500 tournament.
Sindhu matched Yamaguchi changeable for changeable successful a closely-fought archetypal game.
Both players enjoyed runs of six consecutive points each, but the Indian failed to person her crippled constituent arsenic Yamaguchi held her nervus to instrumentality the opener.
The momentum shifted decisively successful the 2nd game.
Yamaguchi raced up with an eight-point burst to spell 13-6 up and maintained coagulated power passim to seal the lucifer without immoderate fuss.
The Japanese volition present instrumentality connected Thailand's Pornpawee Chochuwong successful the women's singles rubric clash.
The decision continued Sindhu's caller struggles against Yamaguchi. Although the Indian inactive leads their head-to-head grounds 15-13, she has present mislaid 5 of their past six meetings.
A BWF Tour rubric has remained elusive for Sindhu since her triumph astatine the Syed Modi International successful December 2024.
This was Sindhu's 2nd semifinal decorativeness of the season.
Earlier this year, she had reached the past 4 astatine the Malaysia Open earlier losing to China's Wang Zhiyi. She has besides made 3 quarterfinal appearances this season.
