PV Sindhu lost to his Thai opponent Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand in semifinals 10-21, 13-21. With this, Sindhu settles for a bronze in the championship and thus settle for medal at World Badminton.
P V Sindhu has created history by becoming the first Indian woman singles player to settle for a medal at the World Badminton Championships after scoring an upset win over local favourite Shixian Wang of China to enter the semifinals in Guangzhou, China.
Playing in her maiden World Championships, Sindhu, seeded 10th, had an easy outing against the World No. 8 and seventh seeded Wang. The Indian took just 55 minutes to get the better of her fancied Chinese opponent 21-18 21-17.
World No. 12, Sindhu will take on the winner of the match between Carolina Marin and Ratchanok Intanon in the last four round. Before Sindhu, Prakash Padukone won a medal in the World Championships way back in 1983 when he bagged a bronze in the men singles event in Copenhagen, while the women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa bagged another bronze for India in the last edition of the tournament at London in 2011
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