Birmingham, March 13 -- Indian shuttler PV Sindhu crashed out of the ongoing All-England Open 2025 badminton tournament after losing to the Republic of Korea's Kim Ga Eun in the first round of the women's singles event on Wednesday.

Sindhu, 16th in the women's singles badminton rankings, went down to world number 21 Kim Ga Eun with a 21-19, 13-21, 13-21 scoreline in a contest that lasted 61 minutes, as per Olympics.com.

The 29-year-old Indian badminton player looked in fine touch at the start of the first game but lost steam as the match progressed.

Sindhu was 11-7 up at the first break and had the game in the grasp with a 20-12 lead. Kim Ga Eun lost the game despite saving seven game points but built enough momentum to trouble Sindhu ...