<p>India's campaign at the India Open Super Series badminton tournament ended after P V Sindhu and Anand Pawar lost their respective women's and men's semifinal matches in straight games here today.<br /> <br /></p>.<p> While Sindhu lost 21-12 21-6 to world number 6 Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand in just 31 minutes, Pawar was hardly a match for world number 9 Kenichi Tago of Japan as he went down 21-16 21-11 in 43 minutes at the Siri Fort Sports Complex.<br /> The only time Sindhu posed any threat to her opponent was in the first game, but in the second she went down tamely.<br /> <br /> The opening game of the Sindhu-Intanon clash was a see-saw battle. While the third seeded Thai started with a 2-0 lead, the Indian was quick to win four points to move ahead.<br /> <br /> Fortunes ebbed and flowed for both the players and it continued till they were tied at 9-9.<br /> <br /> The Thai thereafter upped the ante and bagged four straight points to make it 13-9. She never let the advantage slip from her hands and simply went for the kill to claim the game 21-12.<br /> <br /> After winning the first game comfortably, Intanon relied on her powerful smashes to take a huge lead of 13 points with the score reading 16-3. Sindhu, seeded eighth, simply struggled to get a grip over her rival.<br /> <br /> It was a couple of unforced errors by Intanon that helped earn Sindhu three straight points. But at the end it was a cakewalk for her as she capped off the second game 21-6.<br /> <br /> In the men's singles semifinal, it was a hard-fought contest in the opening game, involving long rallies and a number of net plays.<br /> <br /> After being tied till 6-6, though Tago surged ahead and always maintained a slight edge, the unseeded Indian fought hard and kept on winning a couple of points or three on the trot to reduce the gap.<br /> <br /> Leading 13-12, Tago however surged ahead by clinching five successive points to open up an 18-13 lead. But Pawar was not the one to give up so easily. He won four straight points to make it 16-18.</p>
<p>India's campaign at the India Open Super Series badminton tournament ended after P V Sindhu and Anand Pawar lost their respective women's and men's semifinal matches in straight games here today.<br /> <br /></p>.<p> While Sindhu lost 21-12 21-6 to world number 6 Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand in just 31 minutes, Pawar was hardly a match for world number 9 Kenichi Tago of Japan as he went down 21-16 21-11 in 43 minutes at the Siri Fort Sports Complex.<br /> The only time Sindhu posed any threat to her opponent was in the first game, but in the second she went down tamely.<br /> <br /> The opening game of the Sindhu-Intanon clash was a see-saw battle. While the third seeded Thai started with a 2-0 lead, the Indian was quick to win four points to move ahead.<br /> <br /> Fortunes ebbed and flowed for both the players and it continued till they were tied at 9-9.<br /> <br /> The Thai thereafter upped the ante and bagged four straight points to make it 13-9. She never let the advantage slip from her hands and simply went for the kill to claim the game 21-12.<br /> <br /> After winning the first game comfortably, Intanon relied on her powerful smashes to take a huge lead of 13 points with the score reading 16-3. Sindhu, seeded eighth, simply struggled to get a grip over her rival.<br /> <br /> It was a couple of unforced errors by Intanon that helped earn Sindhu three straight points. But at the end it was a cakewalk for her as she capped off the second game 21-6.<br /> <br /> In the men's singles semifinal, it was a hard-fought contest in the opening game, involving long rallies and a number of net plays.<br /> <br /> After being tied till 6-6, though Tago surged ahead and always maintained a slight edge, the unseeded Indian fought hard and kept on winning a couple of points or three on the trot to reduce the gap.<br /> <br /> Leading 13-12, Tago however surged ahead by clinching five successive points to open up an 18-13 lead. But Pawar was not the one to give up so easily. He won four straight points to make it 16-18.</p>