India’s women’s badminton team crashed out of the Asian Games after losing 1-3 to hosts Japan in the quarterfinals on Tuesday, with PV Sindhu, Unnati Hooda and Tanvi Sharma losing their singles matches.
Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, gave India a fighting start against world No. 3 Akane Yamaguchi but went down 23-21, 18-21, 6-21 in the opening singles clash at the Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium.