समाचार Samāchār · Sports · 25 October 2026

Sindhu takes a game off An Se Young but finishes runner-up at the French Open

The double Olympic medallist lost the Super 750 final in Paris 21-16, 11-21, 12-21 to the world No. 1. It was her second Super 750 final of 2026.

An Se Young won 2-1

PV Sindhu reached the French Open final in Paris on Sunday and lost it in three games to An Se Young of South Korea. The score was 21-16, 11-21, 12-21. The match at Arena Grand Paris ran just over an hour. Khel Now put it at 61 minutes.

The first game is the news. Sindhu had never beaten An in a match. On Sunday she took the opener 21-16. It is only the second game she has won against An in 11 meetings. The other came at the 2023 Badminton Asia Championships. An is the world No. 1 and the reigning world champion. She took the second game 21-11 and pulled away from 9-9 in the third. It was her fourth French Open title.

Read it as अनुभव Anubhav. The French Open is a Super 750 event on the BWF World Tour. Sindhu, 31, won the Japan Open at the same level in July. Paris was her second Super 750 final of the year. A player who keeps reaching finals at this level is still building. Sindhu said after the match that against the top athletes you have to be at 100% on every point.

The wider result is a विजय Vijay for Indian badminton. Khel Now reports that this was the tenth time in 2026 an Indian entry has reached a World Tour final of Super 300 or above outside India. The previous record was nine, set in 2023. Depth wins titles over time. One name rarely does.

What a founder takes from it: The gap to the best in the world closes one game at a time. Ten finals abroad in one year is a system at work, not one star.