Indian fans seethe in anger, call chair umpire ‘racist’ after ‘unfair’ penalty costs PV Sindhu place in Badminton Asia Championships final

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Indian fans have erupted in anger and called the chair umpire ‘racist’ after an ‘unfair’ penalty by the latter cost PV Sindhu a place in the final of the Badminton Asia Championships. The video of Sindhu engaged in a heated argument with the match officials while protesting over the ‘unfair’ penalty has gone viral now.

PV Sindhu

Sindhu was playing her semi-final match against Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi when the chair umpire decided to penalise the Indian Olympic medallist. Sindhu had won the first game 21-13 and was leading the second game 14-11 when the chair umpire decided to penalise her for taking too much time to serve between her points.

The penalty left Sindhu shocked as she lodged strong protests. This prompted a match official to intervene but the penalty was not reversed despite protests by Sindhu. Sindhu eventually lost her match against World No. 2 21-13, 19-21, 16-21.

The Indian star did not mince words after the match as she slammed the chief referee, who she said she had informed about the incident.

Speaking after the match, Sindhu said that the umpire told her she was taking a lot of time but, according to her, Akane Yamaguchi wasn’t ready at that point.

She said, “But the umpire suddenly gave her the point and it was really unfair. I think that was one of the reasons why I lost. I mean that is my feeling because at that moment it was 14-11 and could have become 15-11 but instead it became 14-12 and she took continuous points. And I think it was very unfair. Maybe I would have won the match and played in the final.

“I told the chief referee. He said it’s already done. I think as a chief referee he needs to make sure what was the mistake done, or he should have seen the replay and done something about it.”

The development left Indian fans seething in anger as they accused the umpire of being racist. However, others felt that Sindhu was a habitual offender and had been warned about taking too much time even in the past.

 

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