Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu registered a shocking 21-19, 21-14 defeat to China’s He Bingjiao in the Round of 16 Women’s Singles event at the La Chapelle Arena Court 3.

The Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist showed a fight in the first game but was outplayed in the second as the sixth-seeded Chinese clinched victory in straight games. By virtue of the result, Sindhu missed out on a third consecutive medal at the Olympics after her podium finish at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.

On being asked if she will make a return for LA 2028, the ace Indian shuttler said: “Next Olympics is still four years away. So for me, I will go back and rest for a bit. Take a break and see what it is. Four years is a very long time, (let’s take it) one week at a time. Right now it’s time to go back. I couldn’t give the result I expected. It’s sad. But it’s a journey, isn’t it?,” Sindhu said.

The 29-year-old admitted that she made too many unforced errors in the Round of 16 clash but didn’t give up on the fight.

“Overall I think I should have controlled my mistakes, that’s what I felt in the second game especially. It’s sad that I couldn’t convert it into a win, it was 19-19 at some point in the first game. I kept fighting for each point, both of us were. You can’t expect easy points or easy game. I should have controlled mistakes on the defensive end,” she said.