P V Sindhu’s hopes of breaking a seven-month title drought came crashing down as the Indian lost in straight games to Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the finals of Indonesia Open BWF Tour Super 1000 tournament in Jakarta today. She lost to the Japanese girl 15-21 16-21 in a lop-sided summit clash that lasted 51 minutes.
The Men’s Singles title match between Taiwan’s Tien Chen Chou and Denmark’s Anders Antonsen is underway.