Indonesia Open 2025: Sindhu triumphs in three-game thriller; Lakshya Sen exits in first round

Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu came out victorious in a three-game thriller against Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara on Tuesday in the Round of 32 of Indonesia Open, while Lakshya Sen suffered a first-round exit.

Sindhu won 22-20, 21-23, 21-15 against the Japanese shuttler in a gruelling match which lasted for one hour and 19 minutes. After winning the first game, it seemed that the Indian would wrap up the match in the second game. But, Okuhara recovered to take the match into a decider.

Continuing to lead for the most part of the third game, Sindhu made sure that there was enough distance between her and Okuhara to help her enter the second round of the BWF Super 1000 event.

In men’s singles, Lakshya notched up his fifth first-round exit on this year’s tour after a 11-21, 22-20, 15-21 loss against China’s Shi Yu Qi.

Amongst other results, Anupama Upadhyaya exited after a straight-games loss against South Korea’s Kim Ga Eun.

Later in the day, HS Prannoy and men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will be in action.