Overview
- PV Sindhu fell 13-21, 17-21 to China’s Chen Yufei in Jakarta, receiving a yellow card and a red card for delay before the referee intervened and the red card was rescinded.
- Lakshya Sen was beaten by Thailand’s Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul 18-20, 20-22, ending India’s singles challenge at the Super 500 event.
- Both Sindhu and Sen had advanced to the last eight with straight-game wins on Thursday, with Sindhu becoming the first Indian woman and sixth overall to reach 500 career singles victories.
- Kidambi Srikanth exited in the round of 16 after a 11-21, 10-21 defeat to Chou Tien Chen, while Anmol Kharb stretched Nozomi Okuhara before losing in three games.
- India’s mixed doubles bids ended in the opening round, and the men’s doubles pair of Hariharan Amsakarunan and M R Arjun fell to the third-seeded Malaysian duo in the pre-quarters.