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.
The Indian who was world No. 12 in the standings last week hasn’t been outside the top 16 in the women’s singles rankings since January 2013.
Sindhu’s campaign in the tournament came to an end as she went down 22-20, 21-13 against the Chinese in the quarter-finals. This was her fourth loss to Gao Fang Jie in five head-to-head meetings.
Sindhu overwhelmed Sung Shuo Yun of the Chinese Taipei 21-14,21-12 in the round of 16 of women’s singles. Lakshya Sen, meanwhile, beat the Czech Republic’s Jan Louda 21-8, 23-21 in his second-round match.
Heading into the first mid-game break of the match, Sindhu found herself trailing by two points against the 136th-ranked Disha. The Indian quickly regained her rhythm after the restart to win 12 of the next 16 points and took the lead.
World No 19th, Lakshya Sen, defeated world No. 11 Nishimoto 21-17, 21-14 in 44 minutes to storm into his first final on the 2023 BWF Tour.
