Tokyo: Indian Table Tennis player Sutirtha Mukherjee on Monday lost in straight sets to Portugal's Fu Yu in Women's Singles Round 2 match here at the Tokyo Olympics.
Mukherjee was no challenge to 42-year-old Yu Fu as the China-born bested her in straight sets in the women's singles second round. Mukherjee lost the match 4-0.
The contest proved to be a one-sided affair as the longest rally went just for 13 shots. Such was Fu Yu's dominance that the first four matches were won with ease and the match couldn't go till the last three set. The scoreline: 11-3, 11-3, 11-5, 11-5.
Sutirtha, who showed remarkable grit for a come-from-behind win over Sweden's Linda Bergstrom, looked completely off-colour against the world number 55.
The Indian world number 98 managed just two points on her serve to lose the first game in no time.
Sutirtha took a timeout trailing 1-4 in the third game to talk to her coach Soumyadeep Roy, seemingly to upset the rhythm of Yu-Fu but the veteran kept going strong.
Top-ranked Indian Manika Batra faces Austria's Sofia Polcanova in her round three fixture later in the day.
G Sathiyan has exited the competition after losing his men's singles second round.
(With inputs from PTI)
