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The two-time Olympic medallist played her second round match in the afternoon of Saturday. Her third round match ended after midnight (around 1am local time on Sunday). Her quarterfinal match started around 1:30pm local time on Sunday.
NAGOYA: Imagine this. You are an elite badminton player and you play your first match at 3 pm. You are back on court for your second match just nine hours later
A delayed start, late finish and early morning return to court left PV Sindhu with little recovery time before her quarterfinal loss to Chen Yufei.