Arctic Open: PV Sindhu goes down fighting against Ratchanok Intanon in quarterfinals

PV Sindhu bowed out of the Arctic Open Super 500 after a hard-fought three-game defeat to top seed Ratchanok Intanon in the quarterfinals. The Indian shuttler lost 21-11, 19-21, 21-18 in a contest lasting one hour and two minutes.PV Sindhu lost in the Arctic Open women's singles quarterfinals. (PTI Photo)Vantaa,Oct 9, 2026 23:49 ISTTwo-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu fought hard before going down in three games against top seed and world No. 5 Ratchanok Intanon of Indonesia in the quarterfinals of the USD 500,000 Arctic Open Super 500 tournament here on Friday.Intanon beat Sindhu, seeded sixth, 21-11 19-21 21-18. The match lasted one hour and two minutes.With this win, Intanon leads Sindhu 10-4 in head-to-head record.Earlier, Sindhu saw off Japan's Riko Gunji to advance to the quarterfinals of women's singles competition. Sindhu, the 31-year-old from Hyderabad, who won the Japan Open Super 750 title in July, notched up a 21-15 21-15 win over Gunji in the second round.Later in the day, the men's doubles pair of Krishna Prasad Garaga and Pruthvi Krishnamurthi Roy will be up against Denmark's Christian Faust Kjaer and Rasmus Kjaer. - Ends