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PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen Exit Denmark Open as Srikanth and Tanvi Sharma Advance
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News18•13-10-2026, 21:30
PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen Exit Denmark Open as Srikanth and Tanvi Sharma Advance
- •Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu suffered a first-round exit, losing 21-13, 23-25, 19-21 to Germany's Yvonne Li.
- •Lakshya Sen also bowed out in the opening round after a hard-fought three-game defeat to third seed Chou Tien Chen.
- •Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the second round with a straight-game victory over France's Arnaud Merkle.
- •Tanvi Sharma secured a gritty win against Japan's Natsuki Nidaira to progress in the women's singles event.
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Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu suffered a first-round exit after losing a grueling one-hour-and-five-minute women's singles match 21-13, 23-25, 19-21 to lower-ranked German player Yvonne Li at the SJF Bank Arena.
Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the second round by overcoming France's Arnaud Merkle 22-20, 21-19 in a 46-minute men's singles encounter.
Kidambi Srikanth will face seventh seed Alex Lanier of France in the pre-quarterfinals, while Tanvi Sharma is set to play Germany's Yvonne Li in her next round match.
