Badminton Asia Championship LIVE – PV Sindhu LIVID with Umpire: PV Sindhu is not able to easily digest the loss to Akane Yamaguchi in Asian Badminton Championship Semifinal on Saturday. The loss hurts because of the ‘Unfair Judgement by Umpire’. Sindhu told InsideSport that after the episode ‘it was difficult to focus for her’. : Follow Badminton Asia Championship LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
“In my entire career, I haven’t seen someone giving such a judgement. I told the Umpire that Yamaguchi wasn’t ready. How could I have served when the opponent wasn’t ready. But he refused to listen. I just lost my focus after that. At this level only a inch is required for someone to make a comeback”, said Sindhu from Manila to InsideSport.
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Badminton Asia Championship LIVE: LIVID with Umpire, PV Sindhu to InsideSport ‘was difficult to focus after such a basic UMPIRING ERROR’: Check what exactly happened?
Sindhu LIVID with Umpire – Sindhu Umpire Asia Championship Episode Explained? Sindhu lost the Semifinals to Yamaguchi 21-13, 19-21, 16-21 and once again had to settle for the Silver. Her previous medal was also a bronze at Gimcheon in 2014.
Sindhu easily won the 1st GAME by 21-13 and had built a small lead of 14-12 in the 2nd. That is when the ‘UMPIRING HOWLER happened’
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The Indian lost her focus after shockingly she was penalised a point for delay.
A rattled Sindhu argued with the umpire.
Sindhu was heard saying, “She was not ready sir, how can I serve? I was ready. ”
The umpire refused to pay any heed. This resulted in Sindhu calling for tournament referee but no relief was provided to her.
Expectedly, Yamaguchi won the next point and soon caught up with the Indian at 15-15. The Indian admittedly looked rattled and lost the set 19-21. Yamaguchi did not gave any chance to Sindhu in the 3rd and wrapped the match.
“It was really unfair. I just can’t fathom what happened. Victories and defeats are part and parcel of one’s journey. But not this way. This was really unfair” Livid Sindhu told InsideSport few hours after the match.
In the final, Yamaguchi will play Chinese youngster Zhi Yi Wang. The young Chinese shocked Korean An Seyoung 10-21, 21-12, 21-16 in the 2nd Semifinal.
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