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Sunday, Jul 20, 2025
Sindhu was the last to fall, following the ouster of sixth seeded compatriots Sameer Verma, B Sai Praneeth and the men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty.
Kashyap defeated Daren 21-17, 11-21, 21-12 in a match that lasted almost an hour.
India's top shuttler Sindhu beat Xuerui 21-18, 21-12 in just 34 minutes to seal a place in the pre-quarterfinals.
It is the first time, the Sports Ministry has recommended a woman athlete for Padma Vibhushan.
Sindhu clinched a historic World Championships gold at Basel after beating Japan's Nozomi Okuhara 21-7, 21-7 in her third successive final.
Doubles specialist Satwiksairaj Rankireddy also had a dismal day as he suffered twin defeats, losing both the men's doubles and mixed doubles pre-quarterfinals.
Sai Praneeth also made an early exit after he was forced to retire midway in his first-round match against Anders Antonsen of Denmark.
The South Korean has rushed to New Zealand to care for her husband Ritchie Marr, who suffered a stroke a few weeks ago. However, the BAI said it hasn't received any official communication from her.
World No.6 Sindhu, who made early exits in China, Korea and Denmark, lost 13-21 21-18 19-21 to world No.42 Pai in a 74-minute women's singles match.
World champion P V Sindhu exited the USD 400,000 Hong Kong Open in the pre-quarterfinals but Kidambi Srikanth made the quarters for the first time in seven months after claiming a thrilling win in men's singles.
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