Paris, Oct. 25 -- Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu finished runner-up at the French Open 2026, losing to world number one An Se Young of South Korea in the women's singles final on Sunday, as India recorded its most successful season in the BWF World Tour history.
Sindhu went down 21-16, 11-21, 12-21 in a 61-minute battle at the Arena Grand Paris, with top seed An clinching her fourth French Open title.
Despite the defeat, Sindhu's run to the final marked the 10th time an Indian entry reached the title round of a BWF World Tour event (Super 300 and above) outside India this season, surpassing the previous record of nine finals set in 2023.
Sindhu started strongly in the final, matching the Korean's intensity and capitalising on early e...