PV Sindhu’s Malaysia Open Super 1000 campaign ended with a straight-games semifinal loss to China’s Wang Zhiyi, as unforced errors and a squandered second-game lead proved costly in her first tournament after injury.
P.V. Sindhu advanced to the Malaysia Open Super 1000 semifinals after Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi retired injured mid-match. The former world champion, returning from a long layoff, reached her first Malaysia Open semifinal in eight years.