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PV Sindhu squanders two match points to lose in opening round of Thailand Open
PV Sindhu suffered a loss in the opening round of the Thailand Open.
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PV Sindhu got a few gifts but was also guilty of missing her own chances - failing to convert two match points as she returned from a 10-month break from international badminton, with a 21-16 24-26 13-21 loss to Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark in the first round of the Thailand Open on Tuesday.
The bruising hour and fourteen minute long encounter was Sindhu s first match since the quarterfinal of the All England Open in March last year. That tournament would also be the last for several months as the international calendar ground to a halt owing to the coronavirus pandemic. While the season resumed with the Denmark Open in November last year, Sindhu opted out of the tournament. She would also drop out of the national training camp in Hyderabad, deciding instead to train with members of the England squad
In limited sports action in 2020, Indian boxers delivered knockout punch
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In limited sports action in 2020, Indian boxers delivered knockout punch . Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Dec 30 : Year 2020 was supposed to one in which words associated with the Olympics were expected to dominate the sports headlines. Instead, it was terms like pandemic, postponement, behind closed doors, uncertainty and, more recently, vaccine that swept the world as coronavirus forced people shut themselves up in their homes, quarantine centres and, in the case of many sportspersons, hostel rooms of sports facilities.
It was in March that the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Covid-19 as a pandemic and by the end of the month, the Tokyo Olympics, which was scheduled to start from July 24, was postponed to July 23, 2021. India declared a nationwide lockdown on March 25 which brought the sports cal