Overview
- India Today’s live coverage reports Sindhu lost the opening game 16-21 to Wang Zhiyi, with the semifinal in Kuala Lumpur ongoing.
- Sindhu advanced to the semifinals when Akane Yamaguchi, playing with a knee brace, retired after losing the first game 21-11 in their quarterfinal.
- Earlier in the tournament, Sindhu defeated Sung Shuo-yun and eighth seed Tomoka Miyazaki in straight games to reach the last eight.
- The run marks Sindhu’s first Malaysia Open semifinal in eight years and her first Super 1000 semifinal since 2021.
- Elsewhere for India, men’s doubles top pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost in the quarterfinals to Indonesia’s Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Fikri, and Lakshya Sen exited in the pre-quarterfinals against Lee Cheuk Yiu.