NEW DELHI: The Badminton Asia Technical Committeechairman Chih Shen Chen wrote a letter to ace shuttler P V Sindhu andapologised for the “human error” committed by the referee during the women’ssingles semifinal match of the Badminton Asia Championships in April.

“Unfortunately, there is no rectification at this time.However, we have taken the necessary steps to avoid a repetition of this humanerror,” the official said in the letter to Sindhu.

“We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused to you.We believe it is part of the sport and that it is accepted as such, the letterfurther mentioned.

The incident happened while Sindhu was playing hersemifinal match against Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi. Sindhu was leading 14-11 inthe second game after having won the first game when the umpire handed her aone-point penalty for taking too much time to serve between points.

However, Sindhu lost her momentum and lost to Yamaguchiwith 21-13 19-21 16-21 scoreline.

The Indian was seen having an animated discussion withthe chief referee after the chair umpire asked her to hand over the shuttle toYamaguchi.

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