Badminton, Singapore Open Super 750: Sindhu, Prannoy, Treesa-Gayatri advance to R16; Lakshya exits
Kidambi Srikanth withdrew from his match against Japan’s Kodai Naraoka in men’s singles.
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India’s PV Sindhu, on Wednesday, made her way into the pre-quarterfinals of the 2024 Singapore Open Super 750, while Lakshya Sen bowed out of the competition following a first round loss.
Up against Denmark’s world No 21 Line Kjaersfeldt, the 2024 Paris Olympics-bound Sindhu registered a straight games 21-12, 22-20 victory in 44 minutes.
The double Olympic-medallist, fresh off a final loss at the Malaysia Masters Super 500, breezed past her Danish opponent 21-12 in the first game to kickstart her campaign in comfortable fashion.
Sindhu was pushed to the brink in the second game as Kjaersfeldt secured four game points to go up 20-16, but the Indian fought back valiantly, winning six points in a row to move into the next round.
The 28-year-old Sindhu will next take on long time rival Carolina Marin in the Round of 16 on Thursday.
The women’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also progressed to the next round with a 21-7, 21-14 win over Chinese Taipei’s Cheng Yu-Pei and Sun Yu Hsing.
Later in the day, HS Prannoy beat Julien Carraggi of Belgium 21-9, 18-21, 21-9 in an match that took under an hour to complete.
The first game saw the eighth seeded Indian completely dominate his opponent from the beginning, not allowing the...
