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.
Sindhu, will now face world No. 3 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei, who is also the defending Indonesia Open champion, in round two.
Sindhu, currently 13th in the women’s singles world rankings, will open her campaign against Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska Tunjung.
He becomes first Indian men's singles shuttler to clinch Malaysia Masters title
The first time around, in January, the athletes spurned politically grounded assistance when they were clearly up against it, hoping that not to rub the ruling party up the wrong way would persuade it to reckon with their point of view.
Indian shuttler and Olympic medalist PV Sindhu advanced to the second round of women's competition in the ongoing Swiss Open while Lakshya Sen crashed out of the men's singles competition at Basel on Wednesday.
