BWF World Tour Finals: Chen Yufei defeats PV Sindhu

Indian shuttler PV Sindhu faced a second consecutive defeat in the ongoing BWF World Tour Finals on Thursday.

Sindhu lost her group A match against Chinese Chen Yufei 22-20, 16-21, 12-21 which lasted for 72 minutes.

The 24-year-old Indian shuttler won the first game after trailing by 17-20. She gained five consecutive points to claim the game. In the next two games, Yufei outclassed Sindhu to win the clash.

On Wednesday, World Championships gold medalist Sindhu faced a defeat against Akane Yamaguchi.

Japan's Yamaguchi trounced Sindhu 18-21, 21-18, 21-8 in the group A game which lasted for 68 minutes. Sindhu will now face China's He Bingjiao in the next group A match.