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P V Sindhu Exits Arctic Open After Hard-Fought Defeat Against Ratchanok Intanon
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News18•09-10-2026, 23:15
P V Sindhu Exits Arctic Open After Hard-Fought Defeat Against Ratchanok Intanon
- •Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu lost to top seed Ratchanok Intanon in a grueling three-game quarterfinal at the Arctic Open Super 500 tournament.
- •The match ended with scores of 21-11, 19-21, 21-18 in favor of Intanon and lasted one hour and two minutes.
- •With this victory, Intanon extended her head-to-head lead over Sindhu to 10-4.
- •Sindhu had previously advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating Japan's Riko Gunji in straight games.
- •In men's doubles, the Indian pair of Krishna Prasad Garaga and Pruthvi Krishnamurthi Roy also exited the tournament after losing in the quarterfinals.
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PV Sindhu lost a hard-fought three-game quarterfinal match to top seed and world No. 5 Ratchanok Intanon with a score of 21-11, 19-21, 21-18 at the Arctic Open Super 500 tournament.
PV Sindhu advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating Japan’s Riko Gunji 21-15, 21-15 in the second round of the women's singles competition.
The Indian men's doubles pair of Krishna Prasad Garaga and Pruthvi Krishnamurthi Roy crashed out in the quarterfinals after losing to Denmark’s Christian Faust Kjaer and Rasmus Kjaer 13-21, 14-21.
