India’s double Olympic medalist PV Sindhu superior to the quarterfinals of the French Open badminton event with a straight-game win over Denmark’s Rekha Kristofferson within the second spherical of ladies’s singles right here.
Third seed Sindhu defeated world Twenty fourth-ranked Kristofferson 21-19, 21-9 in 37 minutes on Thursday evening.
The defending world champions will face eighth seed Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand within the quarter-finals on Friday.
Sindhu had defeated Busanan on the Denmark Open final week.
Men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and fifth seed Chirag Shetty additionally defeated MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila 15-21, 21-10, 21-19 to enter the quarterfinals.
The pair will now tackle the fourth seeded Malaysian pair of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik.
Men’s singles participant Saurabh Verma, nevertheless, crashed out of the competitors after shedding 12-21, 9-21 to Kenta Nishimoto of Japan within the second spherical.
On Thursday, younger Lakshya Sen had entered the third spherical of the Super 750 occasion with a cushty win over Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
