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India's Olympic medallist PV Sindhu lost to her arch-rival Carolina Marin in the pre-quarterfinals of the Singapore Open badminton women's singles after leading 18-15. Sindhu, who finished runner-up in the Thailand Open last year, lost by a score of 21-13, 11-20, 20-22 in a match that lasted one hour and eight minutes. Both the players played against each other seven months after their last dispute at the Denmark Open. After losing the first game, world number three Marin made a brilliant comeback and won six consecutive points to take a 17-7 lead. The match went to the deciding game but it was the Spaniard who won the match. This is Marin's 12th win in 17 matches against Sindhu. Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Trisa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand entered the women's doubles quarterfinals by defeating the South Korean pair 21-9, 14-21, 21-15. India's H.S. Singh won the women's doubles match in men's singles. Prannoy lost to 11th seed Kenta Nishimoto of Japan 21-12, 14-21, 21-15.