PV Sindhu (Photo- PV Sindhu Instagram) 
Sports

Sindhu loses in first round of Indonesia Open

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.

Agencies

JAKARTA: India’s ace shuttler PV Sindhu went down to Hsu Wen-chi of Chinese Taipei in the first round of the Indonesia Open on Wednesday in a stunning early exit from the BWF Super 1000 tournament.

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.

A two-time Olympic medallist and a former world champion, Sindhu lost the women’s singles contest 15-21, 21-15, 14-21, which was her maiden loss to Wen-chi.

The Taiwanese shuttler 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.

Aakarshi Kashyap lost her women’s singles first round match to Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon 18-21, 6-21. 

Fire at Chennai's BSNL office hits helplines

IUML seeks 16 seats for Muslims from DMK

TN's patent filing crosses 68K, tops nation

Bus stand on cultivable land to favour realtors, AIADMK protests in Kumbakonam

U-19 Asia Cup: India looks to extend dominance against Pakistan in final