Indian star female badminton player PV Sindhu is having an excellent performance in the French Open 2026 tournament, in which she has secured her place for the final of the Super 750 tournament for the second time in the year 2026 by defeating Akechi of Japan by a margin of 2-1 in a three-game match in the women’s singles semi-final match held on October 24. Now in the title match, PV Sindhu will face South Korea’s world ranking number-1 player Ahn Se Yang, against whom Sindhu’s record has not been good till now and in such a situation, the final match to be held on October 25 is not going to be easy for her at all.
Sindhu won the first set one-sidedly, lost in the second
PV Sindhu had started the semi-final match against Japanese player Hina Akechi in a very good manner in which she won the first set unilaterally by a margin of 21-10 and took a 1-0 lead in the match. After this, Sindhu had to face a tough fight from Akechi in the second set in which she lost the set by a margin of 20-22 and the match was tied at 1-1, after which all eyes were fixed on the third and decisive set of this match.
Sindhu made a good start in the last set and won
After losing the second set against Japan’s Hina Akechi, PV Sindhu started the third set very brilliantly in which she was in the lead from the beginning. After this, Sindhu won the match by winning this set by a margin of 21-16 and secured her place for the final. This semi-final match between Sindhu and Akechi lasted for one hour and 13 minutes in which an excellent competition was seen between the two players. While Sindhu expressed happiness in her statement after winning this match, she also said that the last one and a half year has been full of ups and downs. That was a difficult period for me. In such a situation, it was very important for me to understand that I would have to go back and work from the beginning. We formed a team and tried to understand what our condition is physically and mentally and where we stand.
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