India's PV Sindhu went down in the quarterfinals but men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty moved into the semifinals at the Singapore Open.
The loss extended PV Sindhu's winless run against the reigning Olympic champion to nine matches.
PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen advanced to the quarterfinals with contrasting wins, while HS Prannoy bowed out after paying the price for a string of errors in the closing stages.
India's leading stars PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, the men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, along with mixed doubles duo Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto, advanced to the quarterfinals of the Singapore Open on Thursday.
PV Sindhu advanced to the second round of the women's singles competition with an impressive straight-game win over fifth seed Putri Kusuma Wardani at the Singapore Open.
India's top shuttlers Lakshya Sen and PV Sindhu will look to regain consistency and end their title drought when they spearhead the country's challenge at the USD 1,000,000 Singapore Open.
Indian badminton ace PV Sindhu squandered a one-game advantage to go down fighting to top seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the quarterfinals of the Thailand Open tournament in Bangkok on Friday.
Two-time Olympic medallist and sixth seed PV Sindhu needed just 28 minutes to outclass Denmark's Amalie Schulz 21-13, 21-15 in the women's singles second round.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are the only top seeds in the draw with previous success in the tournament (2019, 2024).
Star shuttlers PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the singles second round with straight-game wins on a mixed day for India at the Thailand Open Super 500 tournament.