New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- Due to a solid show at the $1.45 million Malaysia Open last week where she reached the semi-finals, PV Sindhu was confident of her chances at the $950,000 India Open here.

At the pre-tournament press conference on Monday, the former world champion said she was injury free and fully prepared to get on with her home Open.

But two days later at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on Wednesday, the world No.12 suffered a first round loss at the Super 750 event, a tournament where she has done consistently well, and won nine years ago. The double Olympic medallist lost 22-20, 12-21, 15-21 to Thuy Linh Nguyen in 68 minutes. It was Sindhu's third successive loss to the Vietnamese in five meetings.

Sindhu started well, takin...