India, Oct. 25 -- India's PV Sindhu put up a spirited fight before going down to world Number 1 An Se Young of South Korea in three games to finish runner-up at the $950,000 French Open Super 750 badminton tournament here on Sunday.

The 31-year-old Indian lost 21-16, 11-21, 12-21 to the Olympic champion, who clinched her fourth French Open title and 11th crown of the season.

Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, started strongly and used her reach and attacking strokes to take the opening game in 20 minutes. It was only the second time in her career that she had managed to take a game off the Korean, whom she has never beaten in 11 meetings so far.

There were a lot of net battles as the two engaged in exciting rallies to move from 4-4 ...