PV Sindhu's Paris Olympics 2024 campaign came to a heartbreaking conclusion with a 0-2 loss to China's He Bing Jiao. Sindhu lost 21-19, 21-14 to the sixth-seeded Chinese player in the round of 16, exiting the women’s singles badminton event at the Paris 2024 on August 1 (Thursday). This marks the first time Sindhu has not won an Olympic medal, following her bronze in Tokyo and silver in Rio before that.
The 29-year-old struggled to launch a consistent offence and was outpaced 21-19, 21-14 by He Bing Jiao in a 56-minute round of 16 match. Throughout the match, Sindhu struggled to keep up with He Bing’s fast attacking shots. Sindhu lost the first set 19-21 in a closely fought match, and in the second set, she was defeated 14-21.
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Interestingly, this encounter was a rematch of their Tokyo Olympic bronze medal play-off, where Sindhu defeated He Bing Jiao.
Before this match, He Bing Jiao had an 11-9 lead in the head-to-head record against Sindhu, including a victory in their most recent encounter at the 2022 Asian Games quarterfinals.
After the match, PV Sindhu acknowledged her disappointment, noting that in any contest, one person wins and the other loses, and it was her turn to lose today.
Before this match, Sindhu had defeated world No. 73 Kristin Kuuba of Estonia with a score of 21-5, 21-10, finishing at the top of her group standings. The world No. 13 Sindhu demonstrated her dominance against the 27-year-old Kuuba, ensuring her third consecutive appearance in the knockout stages of the Olympics.