Gimcheon (South Korea): P.V. Sindhu settled for the bronze medal as she lost her women's singles semi-final to Chinese top seed Shixian Wang at the Badminton Asia Championships in South Korea on Saturday.

After securing the bronze by qualifying for the last four Friday, the 18-year-old Indian went down to her World No.2 arch rival from China in a marathon match which lasted an hour and 18 minutes.