Odense, October 19 : Olympic and World Championship silver medallist shuttler P V Sindhu suffered a shock straight game defeat against Chen Yufei of China in the opening round to crash out of the Denmark Open here.Sindhu failed to break the rhythm of World Number 10 Chen to go down fighting 17-21 21-23 in a 43-minute women’s singles match last night.
This is her second successive early exit from a top tournament. After clinching the Korea Open, she had lost in the second round of Japan Open last month.
Sindhu conceded a 0-3 lead to Chen early on but managed to erase the deficit when she drew parity at 9-9 and moved together till 17-17. It was at this moment when Chen stepped up and grabbed four crucial points to win the first game.In the second game, Chen surged to a 7-3 lead but Sindhu clawed her way back with four straight points. But at the break, it was the Chinese who had a slender one-point lead.After the interval, Chen extended the lead to 15-11.Sindhu managed to reduce it to 16-17. However, Sindhu struggled to retrieve some low shots and and when one of her net dribbles going awry, Chen had four match points.