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Jonathan White

Follow our live coverage of day five of the Tokyo Olympics here
An emotional Cheung Ngan-yi walked off the court after losing once again to India’s star shuttler PV Sindhu but she left everything out there against the Rio 2016 women’s singles silver medallist.
Both players looked like they meant business in the early exchanges, with the winner moving on to the next round.
Sindhu soon took advantage of her height and reach, working Cheung all over the court and it soon ended with her 1-0 up.
“The first game was pretty much easy. In the second game I was leading 6-4, but she came back [and] I was making unforced errors.” Sindhu said.


“The second game was a bit faster, so I had to really control a lot, and then I came into a rhythm. The first couple of points after [reaching] 11 are very important to me and from there I took the lead and finished it off.
“The second game I made a couple of unforced errors. But also I could control the shuttle a bit more because four or five of my clearances were going out. Then I changed the game and I took it under my control and finished it off.”
Sindhu won 21-9, 21-16 in the end and that is now six wins from six meetings over Cheung, who gave her all only to come up short once more.

Hong Kong’s top shuttler was in contemplative mood as she left the court with tears in her eyes.
“I’ve got mixed feelings,” she said. “It was a valuable experience but I wanted to take it as usual. I need to balance my mentality all the time.”
Cheung is adamant she did her best, even if she was not happy with how it all finished in Tokyo.
“The Olympics are the biggest and highest stage, and I’ve fulfilled my dream,” she said. “I don’t know what to say, I’ve done my best.”
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She admitted the second game was hard to take.
“I had the chances to take it, but physically and mentally lacked something,” she said. “I’ve been troubled by injury over the last two years and at a certain point just could not hang in there.”
As for the future, Cheung said she will return to Hong Kong to think about it.


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