Sindhu had beaten world number 18 Zhang in the Malaysian Open quarter-finals in May this year but the Chinese avenged that defeat and also made the lifetime win-loss record to 3-2 against the Indian.
Sindhu, Lakshya win openers; Sai Praneeth loses in US Open
'An unforgettable moment meeting Tim Cook on keynote day at Apple Cupertino! Thank you for having me, Tim. It was a pleasure to see the stunning Apple Park and to meet you! I will gladly take you up on the offer to play badminton when you visit India next.'
Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu stormed into the women's singles second round at the Swiss Open with a straight-game win over Denmark's Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt in Basel.
Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy have been handed relatively easy groups for the Paris Games, which begin on July 26.
India's double Olympic medallist superstar PV Sindhu reached the quarter-finals of the Denmark Open Super 1000 tournament in Odense on Thursday after three hard-fought games against her opponent from Thailand.
Lakshya Sen progressed to the quarter-finals of the China Masters Super 750 badminton tournament with a straight-games win, but two-time Olympics medallist PV Sindhu's campaign ended in the second round in Shenzhen, China, on Thursday.
Seventeen-year-old Unnati, champion at the 2022 Odisha Masters and 2023 Abu Dhabi Masters, was no match for world No. 2 and top seed Pornpawee Chochuwong, going down 14-21, 11-21 in just 39 minutes.
B Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa, however, suffered a 21-23, 21-13, 12-21 loss against Korean pair of Song hyun Cho and Lee Jung Hyun in their mixed doubles opening round.
In women's singles, double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu also dropped one place and is now ranked 16th.
Sindhu beat the Thai 21-23, 21-13, 21-18 after a tough contest.
Sindhu took 38 minutes to prevail over her recent nemesis from Indonesia 21-19, 21-15
The world No. 6 Indian duo will next face Danish pair of Jeppe Bay and Lasse Molhede later on Friday.
PV Sindhu stormed into the pre-quarterfinals of the Olympic Games' women's singles competition
Sindhu posted this cute picture with her nephew saying, "I used to just be the cool sister . Now Im also the cool aunt. #nephew#cutiepie#babyboy#"
PV Sindhu shared her happiness on winning second consecutive silver at the BWF World Championships.
PV Sindhu produced another impressive show as she rallied to a three-game win over USA's Beiwen Zhang to advance to the women's singles quarterfinals
India's badminton ace, pulled out her A-game while interacting with fans on an Instagram Live event on National Sports Day.
Indian shuttlers Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty, and Tharun Mannepalli progressed to the second round of the men's singles competition at the Macau Open Super 300 badminton tournament after registering fine wins on Wednesday.
PV Sindhu on Sunday said she is "definitely" going to play for the next couple of years even as the 2028 Los Angeles Games remains at the back of her mind.
In other India-related results, it was curtains for Ashmita Chaliha, who lost 17-21, 16-21 to Indonesia's world no. 7 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in 35 minutes. Both teams had received a bye in their opening match.
Lakshya Sen, Malvika Bansod make first-round exits at Denmark Open
The note, posted on her Twitter handle, took her fans by surprise but that was only one part of the whole message she was trying to make.
'Always special to win in Singapore. Time for a much needed breather before the big one in Birmingham. Love and light.'
Chirag and his longtime partner Satwiksairaj Rankireddy won the men's doubles bronze last week
The men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty crashed out in the second round of the Indonesia Masters Super 500 badminton tournament on Thursday. Sen lost to Japan's Kenta Nishimoto in three games, while Satwik and Chirag lost a close match against Thai combination of Kittinupong Kedren and Dechapol Puavaranukroh.
While Sindhu struggled to get winners, Young kept varying the pace and sending everything back.
PV Sindhu eked out a three-game win over world number 1 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan
It's high time we took fashion lessons from her.
PV Sindhu fell to a crushing loss in the final of the Madrid Spain Masters Super 300 tournament.
India's lack of bench strength was exposed as they suffered a crushing 1-4 defeat against Denmark in their opening Group D match at the BWF Sudirman Cup Finals.
Sindhu, Sen look to regain lost touch in Canada Open
As a mark of respect, players and match officials will wear black armbands, and a minute's silence will be observed before the start of the match.
'A bit sad that missed gold, but they tried hard'
Parupalli Kashyap entered the quarterfinals after top seed and Olympic champion Axelsen gave a walkover.
After a string of disappointing results, PV Sindhu parted ways with coach Park Tae Sang
Sindhu was completely overpowered in the second as Fang Jie upped her game and gave little room to the Indian to approach the net and play her drop shots.
Sindhu celebrated her 26th birthday and her nephew Aaryan's 3rd birthday.
It was the meeting of two superstars as World champion PV Sindhu caught up with Tamil movie superstar Kamal Haasan in Chennai on Thursday.
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