Indian badminton stars knocked out of Australian Badminton Open 2019

It turned out to be a dismal day for India with all Indian shuttlers ousted from the $150,000 prize money tournament.

Pusarla V. Sindhu of India at the Sudirman Cup at Guangxi Sports Center on May 21, 2019 in Nanning, China. Source: Shi Tang/Getty Images

Olympic and world championship silver medallist PV Sindhu crashed out of Australian Badminton Open 2019 on Thursday.

The world number five Sindhu suffered a loss against Thailand’s Nitchaon Jindapol, ranked 29^th with 19-21 and 18-21 in the 49-minute match at the Quaycentre in Sydney on Thursday.

It turned out to be a dismal day for India with all Indian shuttlers ousted from the tournament.

Indian shuttlers Sameer Verma, B Sai Praneeth, P Kashyap and the men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty all lost to opponents on Thursday.

World number 12 Sameer went down 16-21 21-7 13-21 to former top 10 player Wang Tzu Wei of Chinese Taipei, while B Sai Praneeth put up a brave fight in the opening game before surrendering 23-25 9-21 to second seed Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in a 42-minute clash.

Satwiksairaj and Chirag tried hard against second seeds Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen, before losing 19-21 18-21 in a close contest.

In Sindhu vs Jindapol, Sindhu battled hard till 19-19 before Jindapol closed the opening game in her favour. It looked like she will make a comeback at one stage when it was 14-11 but Jindapol again came back strongly and it was over for Sindhu.