PV Sindhu's first outing at the international stage since the Paris Olympics ended in heartbreak as the two-time medallist crashed out of the Arctic Open 2024 BWF Super 500 badminton tournament on Tuesday.
Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu will return home empty-handed this time from the Paris Olympics as she lost to China's He Bing Jiao 19-21, 14-21 in the women's singles Round of 16 clash on Thursday.
Sindhu simply blew away her Estonian Group M opponent Kristin Kuuba 21-5 21-10 in under half an hour for her second straight win in the group to advance to the knockout rounds in the women’s singles.
Sindhu secured the win in just 34 minutes and topped the group with two wins to advance to the round of 16 stage.
Ram Charan and Upasana attend the 2024 Paris Olympics opening, cheer for PV Sindhu, and share highlights on Instagram.
Star Indian shuttler PV Sindhu advanced to the second round of the Madrid Spain Masters with an emphatic straight-game victory over Canada's Wen Yu Zhang.
Sindhu lost 21-16, 19-21, 16-21 to Miyazaki in an encounter that lasted one hour and 19 minutes.
In the men's section, Lakshya Sen and former world number one K Srikanth recorded contrasting wins to move into the second round.
Spearheaded by two time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu created history as they pipped huge favourite and defending champion Thailand 3-2 to win their first-ever Badminton Asia Team Championships title in Selangor, Malaysia, on Sunday.
In the final, India will face Thailand, who defeated Indonesia 3-1 in the other semi-final.
