FILE – PV Sindhu has recently made a runner-up finish at the French Open.
\n\nPV Sindhu will look to build on her runner-up finish at the French Open Super 750 at the Hylo Open, which starts on Tuesday. Lakshya Sen and Ayush Shetty, on the other hand, aim to overcome their early setbacks at the Super 500 event in Saarbrucken, Germany.
\n\nThe tournament carries total prize money of USD 500,000. Defending men's and women's singles champions Jonatan Christie and Mia Blichfeldt will start as the favourites.
\n\nSindhu arrives at the tournament after a hard-fought defeat to world No. 1 An Se Young at the French Open final on Sunday. The Indian shuttler could not capitalise on her opening-game lead, suffering a 16-21, 21-11, 21-12 loss to Young, who won her 10th title of the season in Paris. It was Sindhu’s 11th consecutive defeat to the Korean youngster. Young will not compete at the Hylo Open.
\n\nDespite the defeat in the final, Sindhu had an otherwise remarkable campaign. She beat Supanida Katethong, Riko Gunji, Chiu Pin-Chian and Hina Akechi en route to the final.
\n\nThis year's Hylo Open marks Sindhu's return to the event after she missed the 2025 edition due…
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