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PV Sindhu bows out in Asian Games quarters

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Nagoya, PV Sindhu and Unnati Hooda put up brave efforts before going down in their respective women's singles quarterfinals as Indian shuttlers failed to win a medal in the individual competition of the Asian Games here on Sunday.India had won three medals at the last edition in Hangzhou, with the men's team winning a silver, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty claiming doubles gold and HS Prannoy returning with a bronze in men's singles.However, three years later, while the Indian men's team managed a bronze, none of the shuttlers could reach the semifinals of the various categories, which would have assured a medal.Track live action of Asian Games 2026 hereTwo-time Olympic medallist Sindhu, forced to play her third match in less than 24 hours, lost to Tokyo Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei 21-11, 18-21, 10-21."I think I should have finished it off in the second set itself but I couldn't. Overall it was not that an easy game or I would get easy points. There were really long rallies