Sindhu exits China Open, questions scheduling
PV Sindhu was defeated by Chen Yufei in the China Open 2026 second round in a gruelling three‑game match, lasting around 90 minutes, and she criticized the scheduling for giving her only about 16 hours to recover while Chen had more than 24 hours. She framed the rest disparity as bias and urged equal recovery time for all players.
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About Chen Yufei
Chen Yufei is a Chinese badminton player. She was the gold medalist in the 2020 Summer Olympics, and also at the 2025 Asian Championships. In her junior career, she won the girls' singles titles at the 2016 Asian and the World Junior Championships. At the same year, Chen clinched her first senior title at the Macau Open. She won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Championships and was awarded as the Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year in 2017. On 17 December 2019, she reached a career-high BWF World Ranking as world number 1, and finished the year as the year-end no.1. Other achievements include winning the World Tour Finals in 2019, silver medals at the 2022 and 2025 BWF World Championships, and also at the 2022 Asian Games.
Everything about Chen Yufei →- Occupation
- badminton player, Olympic competitor
- Citizenship
- People's Republic of China
- Born
- March 1, 1998