Tokyo Olympics: Badminton LIVE Day 9 — PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao fight it out for bronze — Updates, scores, results, blog
Having lost the chance for gold, PV Sindhu will vie to win her second Olympic medal in the Bronze medal match against He Bingjiao.
He Bingjiao and PV Sindhu (Source: Getty images)
Welcome to The Bridge's LIVE blog for Badminton on Day 9 of the Tokyo Olympics.
After PV Sindhu's missed her chance to fight it out for the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, she will try her luck in the Bronze Medal match at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza against China's He Bingjiao. The World No. 7 Indian lost to Tai Tzu-ying in straight games in the semi-finals while World No. 9 He Bingjiao lost to the top seed and fellow Chinese, Chen Yufei in her last four encounter.
PV Sindhu will look to equal Sushil Kumar's record haul of 2 Olympic medals by an individual Indian athlete today at the Tokyo Olympics by bagging the bronze. He Bingjiao has displayed great form and saw off 2016 Rio Olympics bronze medallist Nozomi Okuhara in the quarters and even took a game off Yufei before setting up this clash with PV Sindhu. Let's see if history is made today!
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All in all, it has been an insane Day 9 at the Tokyo Olympics and something tells us that better days are coming right up ahead! Thank you for joining The Bridge on this exciting coverage!! Stay tuned for more!
Two back to back amazing games have left us spoilt for choice. What a day indeed!
Chen Yufei wins game 21-18 in the deciding game to win the gold, An hour and half battle helped Chen finally reach the promised land.
Chen Yufei is 4 points away from writing her name in the history books!
Tzu-Ying roars back as she cuts the lead to a point! Chen leads 15-14