The double Olympic medalist PV Sindu suffered another disappointment of the early east when the Japan Open 2025 Super 750 bowed in the opening round. The former world champion fell in direct games to South Korea Sim Yu Jin and this season continued his worrying run form.
Sindu, 30, looked from the species and was plagued by mistakes, especially when assessing the length of its shots. She lost 15-21, 14-21 in just over half an hour, which meant the fifth defeat of the year. Despite showing views of the fight in the first game, the SIM proved too stable and sharp and recorded its first career victory over the Indian star.
In the second game, Sindhu dragged soon to 1-6, but managed to equalize the score to 11-all. However, Koreans quickly pulled away and closed the match with confidence.
On the other hand India found success elsewhere on the day of start How Lakeshya Dream and pans of a pair of men Satwiksairaj Randireddy and Chirag Shetty registered the commanding victory of straight games to reach the second round.
Lakeshya, currently included in the world No. 23-year-old man looked sharp from the very beginning, raced on the lead 11-2 in the opening game and easily completed it. Although Wang offered more resistance in the second, Lakshya kept his nerves to pack the match without dropping the game.
Now he is facing a challenging collision in round 16 against the seventh seed and home favorite Kodai Naraoka.
Meanwhile, Satwik and Chirag, the former pair of the world No. 1, exceeded the competitive phase to see Korea Kang Min Hyuk and Kim Dong Ju 21-18, 21-10 in just 42 minutes. The Indian duo has currently ranked 15th place in the world that slowly settled, but their rhythm found in the middle of the first game and then dominated driving.
Their aggressive game on the net and clinical performance in the second game emphasized their intention to go deep in the tournament.
When the Sindhu campaign shortened, all eyes will now be on Lakshya and the experienced partnership of Satwik-Chirag to lead Indian accusations on Japan Open 2025.
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Published:
Saurabh Kumar
Published on:
16 July 2025
