Archive · 20 Aug 2026
PV Sindhu’s Sixth World Championships Medal Bid Ends
PV Sindhu played Wang Zhi Yi of China at the World Championships in New Delhi.
Sindhu lost the first game but won the second game.
Wang won the final game by keeping calm at the end.
Wang appeared to have cramps during the match but continued playing.
The final score was 11-21, 21-15, 17-21.
This ended Sindhu’s chance to win a sixth World Championships medal.
Sindhu has previously won five medals at the event.
The reports describe the match as a quarterfinal, although one report calls it a pre-quarterfinal.
PV Sindhu lost to China’s Wang Zhi Yi 11-21, 21-15, 17-21 in New Delhi.
Wang, ranked world No. 3, recovered after appearing to suffer cramps in both legs.
The defeat ended Sindhu’s bid for a sixth World Championships medal.
Sindhu previously won gold in 2019, silver in 2017 and 2018, and bronze in 2013 and 2014.
India’s women’s singles medal hopes ended, though Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand remained in the women’s doubles draw.
- Who
- Indian player PV Sindhu and China’s Wang Zhi Yi, the world No. 3.
- What
- Wang defeated Sindhu 11-21, 21-15, 17-21 in a three-game women’s singles match.
- When
- Thursday, August 20, 2026, according to the reports.
- Where
- Indira Gandhi International Stadium in New Delhi.
- Why
- Wang won the deciding game after Sindhu’s comeback, ending India’s women’s singles medal hopes and Sindhu’s bid for a sixth medal.
- Match score
- Wang Zhi Yi defeated PV Sindhu 11-21, 21-15, 17-21.
- Wang’s ranking
- World No. 3.
- Sindhu’s previous medals
- Gold in 2019; silver in 2017 and 2018; bronze in 2013 and 2014.
- Sindhu’s record at the event
- The reports describe this as Sindhu’s 11th World Championships appearance.
- Physical issue
- Wang appeared to suffer cramps in both legs during the deciding game.
- India’s singles campaign
- Sindhu’s exit ended India’s women’s singles medal hopes; Lakshya Sen and Ayush Shetty had also been eliminated.
- Remaining Indian medal hopes
- Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand reached the women’s doubles quarterfinals, while Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty remained in the men’s doubles draw.
Sources
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