Sindhu returns to world top 10 with winning start in Indonesia
PV Sindhu began her Indonesia Open 2026 campaign with a straight-games win over Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan. Hariharan Amsakarunan and MR Arjun also progressed in men's doubles, while Lakshya Sen suffered a first-round defeat against Indonesia's Alwi Farhan
Indonesia: Back in the top 10 of the world rankings, PV Sindhu kicked off her Indonesia Open 2026 campaign with a 25-23, 21-16 win over Thailand’s Busanan Ongbamrungphan at the Istora Senayan Stadium in Indonesia on Tuesday.
Also advancing to the next round was the men’s doubles combination of Hariharan Amsakarunan and MR Arjun, who registered a straight-games victory over Malaysia’s 2016 Olympic medallist Tan Wee Kiong and his current partner Nur Mohd Azriyn.
India’s ace shuttler Sindhu, who entered the world top 10 for the first time since 2023, opened her campaign with an 11th successive win over the Thailand shuttler. Sindhu now leads the head-to-head record against Busanan 21-1.
She will now face the winner of the match between top seed An Se Young of Korea and Neslihan Arin of Turkey.
Later, Hariharan and Arjun outplayed the experienced Malaysian duo 21-18, 21-10 in just 33 minutes.
Meanwhile, Lakshya Sen lost to home favourite Alwi Farhan 21-19, 21-16. Alwi had defeated World No. 1 Shi Yu Qi at the Singapore Open last week.
