India’s PV Sindhu faltered in the opening round of the women’s singles event once again as she exited the Hong Kong Open 2025 badminton tournament on Wednesday.
Competing at the Hong Kong Coliseum, two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu, 14th in the women’s singles badminton rankings, won the opening game but lost the match 15-21, 21-16, 21-19 against world No. 27 Line Christophersen of Denmark.
This was Sindhu’s first defeat in six meetings against European Championships silver medallist Line Christophersen and her sixth first-round exit on the BWF World Tour this year.
Anupama Upadhyaya was also ousted from the women’s singles after a 21-17, 20-22, 21-14 loss against fourth seed Tomoka Miyazaki of Japan.
In the men’s section, India’s top-ranked singles player Lakshya Sen progressed to the second round after a hard-fought win over Olympian Wang Tzu-wei of Chinese Taipei.
A Paris 2024 semi-finalist, Lakshya Sen held his nerve to win the opening game in a tie-break before losing the second.
However, the Indian badminton player regrouped to open up a healthy lead en route to clinching the deciding game and winning the match 22-20, 16-21, 21-15 in an hour and 13 minutes.
Lakshya Sen’s compatriots in the men’s singles draw, HS Prannoy and Kiran George also advanced to the second round after straight-game victories.
While world No. 34 HS Prannoy stunned 14th-ranked Lu Guangzu of the People’s Republic of China, Kiran George got the better of Singapore’s Jason Teh. HS Prannoy will meet countryman Lakshya Sen in the next round.
Ayush Shetty, who is the only Indian to win a BWF Tour title this year at the US Open in June, rallied from a game down to progress to the next round with a 15-21, 21-19, 21-13 win over Chinese Taipei’s Su Li-yang.
India’s sole entry in the women’s doubles, Rutaparna Panda and Swetaparna Panda. kept their campaign alive with a 21-17, 21-9 win against local favourites Oi Ki Vanessa Pang and Sum Yau Wong.
Meanwhile, Dhruv Kapila/Tanisha Crasto were ousted in the first round of the mixed doubles after a 21-16, 21-11 defeat to Chinese Taipei’s Chen Cheng Kuan/Hsu Yin-Hui.
Hong Kong Open 2025 badminton: Day 2 India results
Men’s singles
- Lakshya Sen bt Wang Tzu-wei (TPE) 22-20, 16-21, 21-15
- HS Prannoy bt Lu Guangzu (CHN) 21-17, 21-14
- Kiran George bt Jason Teh (SGP) 21-16, 21-11
- Ayush Shetty bt Su Li-yang (TPE) 15-21, 21-19, 21-13
Women’s singles
- PV Sindu lost to Line Christophersen (DEN) 15-21, 21-16, 21-19
- Anupama Upadhyaya lost to Tomoka Miyazaki (JPN) 21-17, 20-22, 21-14
- Rakshitha Ramraj lost to Ratchanok Intanon (THA) 21-13, 21-7
Women’s doubles
- Rutaparna Panda/Swetaparna bt Oi Ki Vanessa Pang/Sum Yau Wong (HKG) 21-17, 21-9
Mixed doubles
- Dhruv Kapila/Tanisha Crasto lost to Chen Cheng Kuan/Hsu Yin-Hui (TPE) 21-16, 21-11
- Rohan Kapoor-Ruthvika Gadde lost to Feng Yan Zhe/Huang Dongping (CHN) 21-14, 21-17