PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen to skip Korea Open after Hylo Open triumphs
India's double champions at the Hylo Open in Saarbrücken will miss the next two BWF events.
PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen won singles titles at the Hylo Open 2026 in Germany. Sindhu will skip the Korea Open and Japan Masters, while Lakshya Sen leads India's challenge at the Korea Open.
Key takeaways
- PV Sindhu won the Hylo Open women's singles title in Saarbrücken on Sunday, 1 November.
- Lakshya Sen won the Hylo Open men's singles title for the second time.
- Sindhu will skip the Korea Open and Japan Masters after her two-week tour run.
- Lakshya Sen is India's fifth seed at the Korea Open BWF Super 500 tournament.
PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen both won singles titles at the Hylo Open 2026 in Saarbrücken, Germany, on Sunday, 1 November, delivering double glory for Indian badminton.
Sindhu became the first Indian woman to win the Hylo Open women's singles crown, beating Denmark's Line Højmark Kjærsfeldt 21-12, 21-14 in the final.
Lakshya Sen defeated defending champion Jonatan Christie of Indonesia 21-17, 21-10 to claim the men's singles crown for the second time, becoming the first Indian across any category to win the Hylo Open title twice. It was Lakshya's first BWF title of the year.
Sindhu entered her second BWF tournament final in as many weeks after reaching the French Open final, and clinched her first title since the Japan Open in July.
The double Olympic medallist, who is currently 12th in the BWF women's rankings, had previously failed to break her jinx against South Korea's world number one An Se-young, going down to her for the 11th consecutive time at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
Sindhu said it had been a great week where she could execute her plans and that now was the time to go back and relax.
She has decided to skip the next two weeks on the tour — the Korea Open from 3 to 8 November and the Japan Masters from 10 to 15 November.
Lakshya Sen will lead India's challenge at the Korea Open 2026, a USD 500,000 BWF Super 500 tournament, where he will be one of India's major medal prospects.
What happens next
PV Sindhu will skip the Korea Open and the Japan Masters after her two-week run, while Lakshya Sen competes at the Korea Open 2026 following his Hylo Open triumph.
Hylo Open 2026 singles finals
Player | Opponent | Score | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
PV Sindhu | Line Højmark Kjærsfeldt | 21-12, 21-14 | First Indian woman to win Hylo Open women's singles |
Lakshya Sen | Jonatan Christie | 21-17, 21-10 | First Indian to win Hylo Open twice |
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