Shuttler Sindhu crashes out of Denmark Open

Odense (Denmark): Shuttler PV Sindhu crashed out of the Denmark Open World Superseries Premier after losing to China's Chen Yufei in the opening round match.

Sidhu lost to the unseeded China player in 17-21, 21-23 in 47 minutes on Wednesday.

She started the first game on a steady note but towards the end the Chinese took the match into her control and bagged the game.

In the second game, the Chinese players took four points lead at the start but a good shot selection helped Sindhu to reduce the gap.

At one point, Sindhu made it 16-17, but some poor shots towards the end of the game resulted in her defeat.

(With agency inputs)