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.
Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu made the Malaysia Masters badminton singles final after a come-from-behind win over Thailand’s Busanan Ongbamrungphan at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.
Sindhu, 15th in the latest badminton world rankings, defeated the top-seeded 21-13, 14-21, 21-12.
This was Sindhu’s first loss against the Chinese shuttler in six meetings.
Sumeeth and Siki after losing the first game came back strongly to win the next two games against Liya Ayu Kusumawati and Rehan Kusharjanto 14-21, 21-11,21-17 to emerge victorious .
Two-time Olympic medalist Sindhu made short work of world No. 63 Huang Yu-Husn 21-14, 21-12 in 36 minutes in her Round of 16 clash.
