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PV Sindhu, who reached the next round of BWF World Championship, defeated Nalabantova in straight games
Samira Vishwas | August 27, 2025 2:24 AM CST

PV Sindhu News: Two -time Olympic medalist, India’s star badminton player and former champion PV Sindhu on Tuesday defeated Bulgaria’s Kaloyan Nalbantova in straight games, recovering from a poor start at the BWF World Badminton Championship in Paris.

World number 15 Sindhu looked a bit uncomfortable in the beginning, but gradually she grabbed her rhythm and performed brilliantly in her aggressive game, defeating the 69th ranked Bulgaria player 23-21, 21-6 in her first round match of women’s singles.

PV Sindhu made a great comeback

The 30-year-old Indian player had to struggle initially and made some mistakes, due to which she was trailing 0–4 at a time. However, he later made a great comeback while presenting the best game.

First set reached the climax of adventure

During this time, Nalbantova maintained pressure and took a 9–5 lead and was ahead 11-7 until the midst. After the break, Sindhu caught her rhythm and made the score 12-12 with several smash, including her favorite cross-court winner.

The two mistakes of the Bulgarian player gave Sindhu a 14–12 lead, but the edge between the two players continued to grow. Finally the game reached the exciting phase.

The Indian star finally won

Nalabantova had a game point on a score of 19-20, but she could not take advantage of it. The Bulgarian player got another game point, but she could not take advantage of it either. After this, Sindhu won the game at the first game point.

In the second set, Sindhu made a one -sided game

PV Sindhu started well in the second game and soon took a 5–1 lead. Nalabantova again reduced the difference to 5-6, but by the time the Indian player was ahead by six points. After this the match became one-sided and Sindhu took its lead to 17-5. After this, the Indian player made 15 matches points and took advantage of the second game point and entered the next round.


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