Former world champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist PV Sindhu suffered one other early exit on the Japan Open 2025, dropping to South Korea’s Sim Yu Jin within the first spherical on Wednesday. The Indian shuttler, presently ranked sixteenth globally, was defeated in straight video games 21-15, 21-14 by the world quantity 14 in what was her first match because the Indonesia Open in June.This defeat marked Sindhu’s first loss to Sim of their 4 encounters. The Indian participant had a sluggish begin, falling behind 9-3 within the opening recreation, although she managed to battle again to 13-12. Nonetheless, Sim regained management to safe the primary recreation.The second recreation adopted an identical sample with Sim taking an early 6-1 lead. Regardless of Sindhu’s efforts to degree the rating at 7-7 and later at 11-11, she finally could not forestall her opponent from claiming victory.The loss continues Sindhu’s disappointing run in 2025, the place her finest efficiency has been reaching the quarterfinals on the Indian Open in January. She has since skilled 4 first-round exits and two pre-quarterfinal finishes.
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In distinction, different Indian gamers discovered success on the Japan Open. Males’s singles participant Lakshya Sen superior to the Spherical of 16 with a commanding victory over China’s Wang Zheng Xing, successful 21-11, 21-18. Sen will subsequent face Japanese residence favourite Kodai Naraoka.The boys’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty additionally progressed to the final 16. They defeated South Korea’s Kang Min-hyuk and Ki Dong-ju in straight video games, securing a 21-18, 21-10 victory.
