Odense, Oct. 13 -- India's PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen suffered first-round exits at the Denmark Open 2026 badminton tournament on Tuesday, while Tanvi Sharma and former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the second round of the BWF Super 750 event.

Two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu went down 13-21, 25-23, 21-19 against Germany's Yvonne Li, ranked 50th in the world, at the SJF Bank Arena. The defeat was Sindhu's first in four meetings against Li, reported Olympics.com.

Sindhu started strongly, dominating the opening game, but Li fought back to take the second despite the Indian saving five game points. In the deciding game, Sindhu appeared to be in control after establishing leads of 12-7 and 19-15. However, Li produced a decisive...