Sindhu suffers surprise loss in China
CHANGZHOU: India’s campaign at the China Masters Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament ended with the exit of PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy and the doubles duo of Jw ala Gut ta and Ash win iP on nap pa on Friday. Fourth seeded Sindhu lost 17-21,19-21 to Thailand’ s Porn tip Buranaprasertsuk in the women’s singles quarter finals while Pr annoy, seeded seventh, lost 10-21, 15-21 to top seed Chen Long in the men’s. Gutta and Ponnappa went down to top seeded Chinese duo of Luo Ying and Luo Yu, 11-21 14-21 in the women’s doubles quarterfinal.
FRASER HITS OUT AT SCOTT BERLIN: Australian swimming great Dawn Fraser reignited the debate about whether golf deserved to be part of the Olympics after she criticised compatriot Adam Scott’s decision to skip the Rio Games.
A gold medallist at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics, Fraser accused the world number seven golfer of putting money ahead of national pride.
“Very sorry to hear that Adam Scott cannot fit it into his schedule to play for Australia at the Olympics,” Fraser, 78, wrote on Facebook .“Well done Adam ... great to put your country on hold so that you can fulfil your own schedule. How much money do you want in life? Not showing much for your country... I guess working three jobs a week to secure my place as a Olympic swimmer has given me the strength to say what I feel about sports men and women that do this.”
KAPUR STAYS SECOND
SHENZHEN: Indian golfer SSP Ch aw rasia produced asolidf ourunder 68 to re gain his tied 10 th place at the halfway stage of theShenzhen International, where play was sus- pended overnight before round two could be completed.
At the Panasonic Open in Japa, Shiv Kapur shot a four-under 67 in windy conditions to sit one shot behind the leader at the halfway stage. Kapur with rounds of 68 and 67 is seven-under 135 and lying sole second. He was one behind Japan’s Kodai - Ichihara.