Mumbai : Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu fought hard before losing to Ratchanok Intanon in the opening match as the Indian women’s badminton team suffered a 0-3 thrashing at the hands of Thailand in the quarterfinals of the Uber Cup Final here on Thursday.
World No. 7 Sindhu was off colour for the second consecutive day as she squandered a game lead to go down 21-18 17-21 12-21 against Intanon, ranked eighth, in a 59-minute first women’s singles match.
The defeat means Sindhu now trails Intanon 4-7 on head-to-head record.
India slumped to 0-2 down when the women’s doubles pair of Shruti Mishra and Simran Singhi lost 16-21 13-21 against the Thai pair of Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai.
It was no better for Aakarshi Kashyap, who surrendered 16-21 11-21 to Pornpawee Chochuwong in the second singles match that lasted 42 minutes.
As Thailand took an unassailable 3-0 lead, the remaining two matches of the tie became redundant and was not played.