World No.7 Sindhu, a former champion, went down 12-21, 20-22 to the World No.30 in the women’s singles match. The Indian had lost to the same player in the semi-finals in the last edition
PV Sindhu
Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu was knocked out of the India Open Super 750 badminton tournament after a first-round loss to Thailand’s Supanida Katethong here on Tuesday.
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World No.7 Sindhu, a former champion, went down 12-21, 20-22 to the World No.30 in the women’s singles match. The Indian had lost to the same player in the semi-finals in the last edition.
Lakshya Sen
Defending champion Lakshya Sen looked in fine fettle as he registered a straight-game 21-14, 21-15 win over compatriot HS Prannoy to make a winning start to his title defence at the KD Jadhav Indoor hall in the IG Stadium.
Reigning champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also produced a clinical display to storm into the second round after beating Scotland’s Christopher Grimley and Matthew Grimley 21-13, 21-15 in their men’s doubles opener.
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Commonwealth Games champion Sen will next take on Denmark’s Rasmus Gemke, who knocked out two-time world champion Kento Momota of Japan 21-15, 21-11 earlier in the day.
Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also notched up a 22-20, 17-21, 21-18 win over France’s world No. 29 Margot Lambert and Anne Tran in the opener.
Meanwhile, Saina Nehwal defeated Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark 21-17, 12-21, 21-19.
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