Dubai [UAE], April 28 (ANI): Ace Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu crashed out of the Badminton Asia Championships 2023 after losing to second seed An Se Young in women's singles quarter-final match in Dubai on Friday.

Playing at the Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, World No. 11 Sindhu suffered defeat against the South Korean shuttler and went down 21-18, 5-21, 9-21.

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The two-time Olympic medalist Sindhu played well in the first game and won it despite trailing 13-16 at one point. In their previous five encounters, PV Sindhu has never defeated An Se Young in a game.

An Se Young dominated the second game. In the third, Sindhu engaged in longer rallies but An Se Young proved tough to crack and ran away with the game convincingly.

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Sindhu settled for bronze at the most recent Asian championships held in Manila last year after falling to Akane Yamaguchi in the semifinals. In 2014, PV Sindhu also took home a bronze.

Earlier in the day, India's mixed doubles team of Rohan Kapoor-N Sikki Reddy lost to the world No. 19 duo of Dejan Ferdinansyah-Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja from Indonesia 18-21, 21-19, 15-21 in the quarter-finals.

Later in the day, in the men's singles event, India's Thomas Cup hero and world No. 9 HS Prannoy will play world No. 15 Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan. (ANI)

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