{"id":68032,"date":"2026-04-24T20:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/68032\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T20:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:20:11","slug":"uber-cup-2026-pv-sindhu-triumphs-but-india-suffer-2-3-defeat-against-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/68032\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber Cup 2026: PV Sindhu triumphs, but India suffer 2-3 defeat against Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PV Sindhu gave India a strong start, but the team eventually went down 2-3 to hosts Denmark in their Uber Cup Group A opener on Friday, April 24. Sindhu, the two-time Olympic medallist, defeated Denmark\u2019s world No. 21 Line Christophersen 21-13, 18-21, 21-17 to put India ahead 1-0.<\/p>\n<p>However, India lost momentum as Unnati Hooda and Tanvi Sharma were beaten in their respective singles matches, allowing Denmark to take a 2-1 lead. In the must-win doubles rubber, Shruti Mishra and Priya Konjengbam went down, as Denmark sealed the tie 3-1.<\/p>\n<p>India did manage a consolation win in the final match, where Tanisha Crasto partnered with Sindhu to reduce the final margin to 2-3.<\/p>\n<p>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/sports\/story\/thomas-cup-india-take-lead-over-canada-ayush-shetty-satwik-chirag-2901032-2026-04-24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Thomas Cup: Lakshya loses, but Ayush Shetty inspires India to 4-1 win vs Canada<\/a><\/p>\n<p>HOW SINDHU TOOK DOWN CHRISTOPHERSEN<\/p>\n<p>Sindhu made a measured start before finding her rhythm to secure a hard-fought win, though she was pushed to the limit by Christophersen.<\/p>\n<p>Sindhu opened strongly, taking control of the first game with relative ease. However, Christophersen raised her intensity in the second, going toe-to-toe from 6-6 all the way to 11-11, before edging ahead 16-15 as errors began to creep into Sindhu\u2019s game. The Dane capitalised to level the match and force a decider.<\/p>\n<p>Spurred on by support from the Indian camp, Sindhu regrouped in the third, using her deception and sharp angles to stay in contention. Christophersen initially held a slight edge, leading 4-3 and later 15-12, but Sindhu kept responding under pressure.<\/p>\n<p>At 15-15, momentum shifted again as the Indian drew level before taking control in the closing stages. In a tense finish, Sindhu won six of the last seven points, moving ahead 18-16 before sealing the contest with a powerful body smash followed by a precise down-the-line winner.<\/p>\n<p>INDIA LOSE THEIR WAY<\/p>\n<p>After PV Sindhu gave India an early boost, momentum shifted as the team eventually went down to Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>World No. 3 Unnati Hooda put up a strong fight and even saved multiple match points but narrowly lost 12-21, 23-25 to Denmark\u2019s world No. 26 Line H\u00c3\u00b8jmark Kjaersfeldt, a recent European Championships silver medallist.<\/p>\n<p>Tanvi Sharma followed with a 21-19, 16-21, 16-21 defeat to Amalie Schulz after winning the opening game.<\/p>\n<p>In doubles, Shruti Mishra and Priya Konjengbam missed two match points before losing a tight 17-21, 21-11, 21-23 contest to Amalie Cecilie Kudsk and Mette Werge.<\/p>\n<p>In the final rubber, Tanisha Crasto and Sindhu secured a consolation win after Denmark\u2019s Alexandra Boje and Christine Busch retired after 36 minutes of play.<\/p>\n<p>India will look to bounce back when they take on Ukraine on Saturday, April 25. They will then face a tougher challenge against China on Monday, April 27.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ends<\/p>\n<p>Published By: <\/p>\n<p>sabyasachi chowdhury<\/p>\n<p>Published On: <\/p>\n<p>Apr 25, 2026 01:04 IST<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PV Sindhu gave India a strong start, but the team eventually went down 2-3 to hosts Denmark in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[27,26,37267,37266,37268,37272,37265,37271,37273,37270,37274,37275,37269],"class_list":["post-68032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-denmark","tag-danmark","tag-denmark","tag-group-a-opener","tag-india-vs-denmark","tag-line-christophersen","tag-priya-konjengbam","tag-pv-sindhu","tag-shruti-mishra","tag-tanisha-crasto","tag-tanvi-sharma","tag-uber-cup","tag-uber-cup-results","tag-unnati-hooda"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116461543643890923","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}