PV Sindhu Crashes Out of Denmark Open in First Round

India’s star shuttler PV Sindhu suffered a first-round exit at the Denmark Open after losing a thrilling women’s singles encounter to Germany’s Yvonne Li on Tuesday. Sindhu won the opening game 21-13 but narrowly lost the second 23-25 before going down 19-21 in the decider. Meanwhile, young Indian shuttler Tanvi Sharma made a winning start to her campaign, defeating Japan’s Natsuki Nidaira 21-17, 16-21, 21-19 in a closely contested match to progress to the next round.

In the men’s singles, Lakshya Sen bowed out of the tournament after losing 18-21, 21-13, 15-21 to Chou Tien-chen of Chinese Taipei in the opening round. However, Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the second round with a straight-games victory over France’s Arnaud Merkle. Srikanth won the contest 22-20, 21-19, giving India a positive result in the men’s singles event.