Copenhage, Oct. 13 -- Two-time Olympic medallist and former world champion PV Sindhu suffered a shock exit in the first round of the women's singles at the Denmark Open 2026badminton tournament on Tuesday.
Sinhu, 10th in the women's singles badminton rankings, lost 13-21, 25-23, 21-19 against world No. 50 Yvonne Li of Germany at the SJF Bank Arena in Odense, according to olympics.com.
The defeat at the BWF Super 750 tournament was Sindhu's first loss in four meetings against Yvonne Li.
Sindhu dominated the opening game but was edged out in a tie-break in the second, despite the Indian saving five game points.
In the decider, Sindhu had the upper hand at 12-7 and then 19-15 before Li produced a stunningsix-point burst to win the contest....