Overview
- Hooda exited the round of 16 to Wang Zhiyi 14-21, 11-21 in a 39-minute match in Cesson-Sevigne.
- She had reached the last 16 by rallying past Malaysia’s Letshanaa Karupathevan 11-21, 21-13, 21-16.
- The defeat marked Hooda’s second consecutive loss to Wang after a previous meeting at the Singapore Open.
- India’s mixed doubles team Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde lost 23-21, 8-21, 17-21 to France’s Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue.
- Other Indian results included opening-round exits for Anupama Upadhyaya and Anmol Kharb, with top men’s doubles pair Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy already out a day earlier.