Indonesia Open: PV Sindhu falls to Olympic champion An Seyoung in second round
Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu exited the Indonesia Open after a straight-games defeat to world No. 1 and reigning Olympic champion An Seyoung in the second round.
Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu exited the Indonesia Open after a straight-games defeat to world No. 1 and reigning Olympic champion An Seyoung in the second round.
Sindhu continued her impressive form with another comfortable straight-games victory, defeating Japan’s Riko Gunji 21-9, 21-12 in just 37 minutes.
PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, the men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty and mixed doubles Tanisha Crasto-Dhruv Kapila advanced to the Singapore Open 2026 quarter-finals.
PV Sindhu and the men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy–Chirag Shetty began their Singapore Open 2026 campaign with wins at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Marking her entry into global administrative role, two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu has taken up a full voting position on the Council of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) after being elected chair of the BWF Athletes’ Commission.
World no 12 Sindhu won 21-14, 18-21, 21-10 against the world No. 28 Scottish shuttler. Sindhu's compatriot Aakarshi Kashyap, who secured a late entry to the tournament, also made it to the next round.
PV Sindhu’s campaign came to an end as she lost to China’s Wang Zhi Yi 12-21,21-11,7-21 in the semi-final of the Arctic Open badminton tournament at the Vantaa Energia Areena in Finland.
In a battle of former badminton world champions, , the Indian was on the back foot at the start and trailed 0-4 after initial exchanges.
PV Sindhu’s campaign at the Asian Games ended after she was ousted by China's world no 5, He Bingjia in the quarter finals in Hangzhou on Thursday .
HS Prannoy, India’s top men’s singles player at the Games also progressed into the pre-quarter finals with ease.
