Ace India shuttler PV Sindhu suffered a surprising defeat in the primary spherical of the India Open Super 750 in opposition to Thailand’s Supanida Katethong on Tuesday in New Delhi. Sindhu, who entered the event as one of many favourites, went down 12-21 20-22 to the world No. 30 in the ladies’s singles match.

Supanida was very dominant in the opening sport as she didn’t enable the world No. 7 Sindhu to settle. She was very exact in her returns and was in whole management through the rallies to clinch the primary sport 21-12.

Sindhu, a former India Open champion, bounced again in the second sport as she moved from 12-17 to seize one sport level at 19-20. The Indian shuttler was assured to degree the match in the second sport and in truth, had left the court docket after the opponent’s return was referred to as out. But a video referral confirmed that the shuttle had really kissed the road, handing her opponent an opportunity to shut the match and she or he did it in type after Sindhu went huge.

Last 12 months, Sindhu suffered a defeat in opposition to Supanida in the semifinal spherical however this time it got here a bit early which lower quick his run in the India Open 2023.

Earlier, in the day, reigning champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty additionally produced a medical show to storm into the second spherical after beating Scotland’s Christopher Grimley and Matthew Grimley 21-13, 21-15 in their males’s doubles opener.

World No. 12 Lakshya Sen, seeded seventh, settled the rating in opposition to world No. 9 HS Prannoy after his opening spherical reversal on the Malaysia Open, with a 21-14 21-15 win on the KD Jadhav Indoor corridor in IG stadium.

“I may settle from the start, get my size and defence correctly. In the Malaysia Open, I wasn’t in a position to management the shuttle. Today my smashes and half smashes had been working,” Sen said after the match.

Anup Sridhar, who has been roped in to train Sen in the Pre-Olympic year, said it is important for his ward to stick to his natural game and make a good start.

“He was a lot more confident today. We had some good sessions last week. That’s helped him. He was aggressive, attacking and taking his chances, that made the difference,” Lakshya’s new coach Anup Sridhar advised PTI.

(With Agency Inputs)

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