Indonesia Open 2025 badminton: India suffer disappointment as PV Sindhu, Rankireddy-Shetty crash out
Rankireddy-Shetty elimination ends India’s challenge in Indonesia
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty’s 2025 Indonesia Open campaign was brought to an end on Friday in Jakarta, when they were unable to fend off the Malaysian pair of Tee Kai Wun and Man Wei Chong in the quarter-final.
The number seven-ranked Malaysians notched up a straight sets victory 21-19, 21-16 over the 22nd-ranked duo from India, securing their first victory over Rankireddy and Shetty in five head-to-head encounters.
In the round of 16, Rankireddy and Shetty had produced a resilient comeback to down Denmark’s Rasmus Kjaer and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen, and while they managed to claw their way back in the second set against Wun and Chong, they were unable to finish off the job.
The 2025 Indonesian Open was the second competition that the Indian pairing participated in after a two-month break due to injury and illness. They had managed to reach the semi-final at the Singapore Open last week, where they were among the favourites, according to most of the best online betting sites.
In the women’s singles, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand suffered a disappointing straight-set elimination to Japan’s Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto 21-13, 24-22 in the round of 16.
Mixed doubles duo Sathish Karunakarana and Aadya Variyath were eliminated by Dechapol Puavarankuroh and Supissara Paewsampran of Thailand in just 25 minutes earlier in the competition with a scoreline of 21-7, 21-12.
PV Sindhu still searching for top form
India’s star women’s singles player and two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu was unable to find her best form at the 2025 Indonesian Open, where she was beaten by Pornpawee Chochuwong in three sets.
Sindhu has struggled for consistency this season, and on Thursday, her inability to close out matches proved to be her undoing when she squandered a 15-11 lead in the deciding set to lose 22-20, 10-21, 18-21. Despite the defeat, Sindhu revealed that she feels that she is making improvements in getting back to her best, saying:
“I’ve a new coach. We started playing since January. It took some time to actually come together and accordingly work together. Sometimes it takes time that both needs to understand each other as a coach and a player. But things are going on well and of course there’s a lot of scope to improve as well and I think we are on the right track.”
India’s badminton stars will now look to the US Open BWF Super 300 tournament, which gets underway on June 24.
