Sindhu suffered her first loss to Hsu Wen-chi in the women’s singles competition, 15-21, 21-15, 14-21.
On Wednesday, India’s ace shuttler P V Sindhu was defeated by Hsu Wen-chi of Chinese Taipei in the first round of the Indonesia Open, exiting the BWF Super 1000 tournament shockingly early. Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medalist and past world champion, suffered her first loss against Wen-chi in the women’s singles competition, 15-21, 21-15, 14-21. The Taiwanese shuttler took an hour and ten minutes to defeat the Commonwealth Games gold champion. Sindhu failed to get beyond the second round of the Indonesia Open last year.
Rutaparna Panda and Swetaparna Panda of India were defeated 12-21 9-21 by Korea’s sixth-seeded pair of Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong in a women’s doubles round of 32 match. PTI PM AH PM
