Madrid Spain Masters 2023: PV Sindhu suffers lopsided defeat in final to Gregoria Mariska Tunjung

The
2022
Commonwealth
Games
champion
looked
listless
as
the
fifth-seeded
Indonesian,
who
had
never
beaten
her
Indian
counterpart
in
previous
6
attempts,
eased
to
a
21-8,
21-8
in
the
summit
clash
that
lasted
for
just
29
minutes.

In
the
opening
game,
Sindhu,
who
was
trailing
1-5
reduced
the
lead
to
4-5,
but
the
Indonesian
Mariska
Tunjung
won
points
at
ease
to
head
into
the
interval
at
11-6.
Tunjung
raced
to
a
17-7
lead
once
the
game
resumed
and
took
the
first
essay
21-8
in
11
minutes.

The
second
game
also
started
in
similar
fashion,
but
this
time
the
Indonesia
took
a
commanding
11-3
lead
into
the
interval.
The
Indonesian
continued
her
dominance
once
the
game
resumed
to
clinch
the
game
and
the
championship
21-8
in
15
minutes.

This
was
Sindhu’s
first
final
of
the
year,
having
suffered
early
exits
in
previous
tournaments
on
the
BWF
Tour,
including
the
All
England
Open
Badminton
Championships
and
the
Swiss
Open
in
March.

Madrid
Spain
Masters
2023:
Indian
Schedule,
Results,
Telecast
and
Live
Streaming
Info

The
former
World
Champion
Sindhu
had
booked
her
final
berth
after
hard-fought
straight
games
win
against
Singapore’s
Yeo
Jia
Min.
Second-seeded
Sindhu
defeated
the
unseeded
Singaporean
24-22,
22-20
in
the
semi-final
that
lasted
for
48
minutes.

In
the
earlier
rounds,
the
two-time
Olympic
medallist
Sindhu
eased
past
Switzerland’s
Jenjira
Sadelmann
(21-10,
21-14),
Putri
Kusuma
Wardani
of
Indonesia
(21-14,
21-16)
and
Mia
Blichfeldt
of
Denmark
(21-14,
21-17)
in
straight
games.