Badminton, Women’s Team quarterfinal: Sindhu loses first singles

PV Sindhu lost a hard-fought opening match to Akane Yamaguchi 23-21, 18-21, 11-21 in over an hour and 12 minutes.

Sindhu won the opening set but went on to concede the second.

India now trails 0-1 in the team quarterfinal. 

Unnati Hooda will take on Tomoka Miyazaki in the next match.