PV Sindhu went down to Hsu Wen-chi of Chinese Taipei in the first round of the Indonesia Open on Wednesday, making a surprise early exit from the Super 1000 tournament.
Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist and a former world champion, lost the women’s singles match 15-21, 21-15, 14-21, in her maiden loss to Wen-chi.
The shuttler from Chinese Taipei took an hour and 10 minutes to beat the Commonwealth Games gold-medallist.
In a women’s doubles Round of 32 match, the Indian duo of Rutaparna Panda and Swetaparna Panda lost to Korea’s sixth-seeded pair of Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong 12-21, 9-21.
The duo of Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa, however, progressed to the next round with a 21-15 21-15 win over Canada’s Jackie Dent and Crystal Lai in their women’s doubles first round clash.
Aakarshi Kashyap lost her women’s singles first round match to Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon 18-21 6-21.
With PTI inputs
