PV Sindhu’s campaign in Paris Olympics ends with defeat in pre-quarterfinals

In a shocking turn of events, PV Sindhu’s aspirations of securing a third Olympic medal were shattered as she suffered a straight-game defeat against China’s world number nine He Bing Jiao in the women’s singles pre-quarterfinals at the Paris Games on Thursday. The 29-year-old from Hyderabad struggled to mount a sustained attack and was outpaced 21-19, 21-14 by Bing Jiao in a 56-minute round of 16 encounter, which was a rematch of their Tokyo Olympic bronze medal play-off