PV Sindhu goes down in first round of Indonesia Open
PV Sindhu suffered a surprise early exit from the Super 1000 tournament in Jakarta, Indonesia.
PV Sindhu went down to Hsu Wen-chi of Chinese Taipei in the first round of the Indonesia Open on Wednesday, making a surprise early exit from the Super 1000 tournament.
Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist and a former world champion, lost the women’s singles match 15-21, 21-15, 14-21, in her maiden loss to Wen-chi.
The shuttler from Chinese Taipei took an hour and 10 minutes to beat the Commonwealth Games gold-medallist.
In a women’s doubles Round of 32 match, the Indian duo of Rutaparna Panda and Swetaparna Panda lost to Korea’s sixth-seeded pair of Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong 12-21, 9-21.
The duo of Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa, however, progressed to the next round with a 21-15 21-15 win over Canada’s Jackie Dent and Crystal Lai in their women’s doubles first round clash.
More from Badminton NewsAakarshi Kashyap lost her women’s singles first round match to Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon 18-21 6-21.
With PTI inputs
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