Indonesia Open: PV Sindhu Goes Down Fighting in First Round

ritayan basu ritayan basu | 06-06 00:02

India’s ace shuttler PV Sindhu went down to Hsu Wen-chi of Chinese Taipei in the first round of the Indonesia Open on Wednesday, making a stunning early exit from the BWF Super 1000 tournament.

A two-time Olympic medallist and a former world champion, Sindhu lost the women’s singles contest 15-21, 21-15, 14-21, which was her maiden loss to Wen-chi.

The Taiwanese shuttler 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.

(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed - PTI)
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