PV Sindhu suffers shock exit from Hong Kong Open in 1st spherical, loses to unseeded Line Christophersen

India’s star badminton participant PV Sindhu suffered a shock exit in the present day within the Hong Kong Open within the first spherical. She went right down to Denmark’s Line Christophersen within the Ladies’s Singles class regardless of successful the primary recreation by a 21-15 margin. The Danish participant made a shocking comeback within the subsequent two units, beating the Olympic silver medallist 16-21 and 19-21.

Sindhu was alleged to breeze previous the spherical of 32, having crushed Line thrice earlier than. However she could not play to the perfect of her talents and ended up dropping the benefit of successful the opening recreation of the match.

The 2 gamers locked horns for the primary time in 2021 on the All England Open after which in the identical yr, they confronted one another within the World Tour Finals. On each events, Sindhu registered wins in straight units. After a major hole, they as soon as once more competed in Could 2023 on the Malaysia Masters. On this conflict, for the primary time, Christophersen gained a set in opposition to Sindhu however the Indian gained in three units making it a hattrick of wins.

Nevertheless, the Danish participant got here ready this time round as he made a shocking comeback to shock the Indian veteran.

What about different Indian gamers?

In the meantime, a number of Indian gamers have participated within the Hong Kong Open, and amongst them, Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy, and Kiran George have made it to the spherical of 16. India’s star doubles duo of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy have already made it to the following spherical with a powerful present within the first spherical.

Coming again to Sindhu, she is predicted to characteristic subsequent in China Masters which is the Tremendous 750 match.

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