Sindhu's campaign ended in disappointment, and she will return home empty-handed for the first time from the Olympics as she lost 19-21, 14-21 to Bing Jiao in the Round of 16.
In the women’s singles, the two former world champions and Olympic medalists battled it out for 44 minutes before, Sindhu lost the match 14-21, 14-21.
HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth and Mithun Manjunath beat top-20 opponents for a place in the next round of the BWF Super 500 event.
Former world champion Sindhu, lost to China’s Zhang Yi Man 21-12, 21-13 to make her seventh opening round exit in 13 BWF World Tour tournaments this year.
Two-time Olympic Games medallist P.V Sindhu has separated from Korean coach Park Tae-sang, who helped her win medals at Tokyo Olympics and Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
Tai Tzu and Kento Momota, who won in Denmark, will be title favourites again.
The actor was present at an event where he was felicitated with the' Youth Icon Award' by Forbes India.
Fatigue caught up with India’s premier shuttler P V Sindhu as she was upstaged in straight games but Kidambi Srikanth entered quarterfinals of the USD 700,000 Japan Open in Tokyo on Thursday.
Top shuttlers P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth would look to continue their impressive run in their quest for first…
India’s top shuttlers P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth went down fighting in their respective women’s and men’s singles semifinals…
