India's ace shuttler Sindhu suffered a defeat against world No. 3 Carolina Marin 21-13, 11-21, 20-22 after a three-game nail-biter of one hour and eight minutes.
Sindhu earned her spot in the pre-quarters by defeating world No. 21 Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt of Denmark 21-12, 22-20. Following the first-round victory in 44 minutes, Sindhu will face former Olympic champion and rival Carolina Marin of Spain in the second round.
Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth suffered defeat in their respective matches of the men's singles in the Singapore Open 2024 on Wednesday.
Indian shuttler and two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu clinched a comfortable win in the first round of the Singapore Open 2024 against Denmark's Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt on Wednesday.
The world No. 1 badminton duo Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy suffered a shocking early exit in the first round of the ongoing Singapore Badminton Open 2024 on Tuesday.
ndia's ace shuttler, PV Sindhu is set to spearhead the Indian contigment at the Singapore Badminton Open 2024 BWF Super 750 tournament in order to end her drought in Singapore following her brilliant run in Kuala Lumpur's Malaysia Masters recently.
PV Sindhu defeated the world No. 26 shuttler in three straight games, winning 20-22, 22-20, and 21-18. When PV Sindhu met Thuy Linh Nguyen on her way to winning the Singapore Open championship the previous year, she eked out a similarly tight victory.
The 12th-ranked Sindhu has failed to make a mark in the past three BWF World Tour events as she did not cross the second rounds. The former world champion was knocked out in the round of 16 of the Indonesia Open after exiting the Singapore Open and the Thailand Open in the first round.
India's star men's doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, currently world No. 5 in the badminton rankings, suffered a heartbreak with a first-round exit in the Singapore Open 2023 after losing to Japan's Akira Koga and Taichi Saito on Wednesday.
PV Sindhu was the defending Singapore Open champion, but she entered the tournament unseeded following four first-round exits this year. The Indian badminton player began the season ranked seventh in the world, but has since slid out of the top ten.