PV Sindhu, Ok Srikanth sail into Korea Open second spherical

Top Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth made spectacular begins to their respective singles marketing campaign, progressing to the pre-quarterfinals with straight recreation wins over their respective opponents on the Korea Open Super 500 badminton match right here on Wednesday.

Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, trounced USA’s Lauren Lam 21-15 21-14, whereas Srikanth noticed off Malaysia’s world no 35 Daren Liew 22-20 21-11 on the Palma Stadium.

The third seeded Sindhu, who had claimed the Swiss Open title just lately, will subsequent meet Japan’s Aya Ohori, whereas world championships silver medallist Srikanth, seeded fifth, will likely be up in opposition to Israel’s Misha Zilberman.

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Indian males’s doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila additionally progressed to the second spherical.

While Satwik and Chirag received the higher of Korea’s Tae Yang Shin and Wang Chan 21-16 21-15, Arjun and Dhruv received a walkover from Korea’s Ba Da Kim and Hee Young Park.

Satwik and Chirag, seeded third, will tackle Singapore’s Hee Yong Kai Terry and Loh Kean Hean, whereas Arjun and Dhruv face second seeded Indonesian pair of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan subsequent.

Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli, nonetheless, bowed out after dropping 5-21 13-21 to second seeded Korean An Seyoung in an girls’s singles match.

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Sindhu stored a agency grip on her match, particularly within the opening recreation as she opened up a 7-2 lead early and swelled it to 16-9 at one stage earlier than closing it comfortably.

The second recreation was a see-saw battle initially however Sindhu ensured a one-point benefit on the interval after which reeled off six straight factors to come back up trumps.

In males’s singles, Srikanth had come into the match lagging 0-3 in head-to-head depend in opposition to Liew and the Indian needed to battle within the opening recreation with the Malaysian producing a tricky combat.

The Indian managed to be 11-9 up on the break however the Malaysian made it 18-15 at one stage. Srikanth, nonetheless, stored his cool and erased the deficit to seize one match level. He squandered one earlier than sealing the sport.

Srikanth produced a a lot improved present within the second recreation, operating up a lead of 4-0 early on. Liew clawed his manner again to 7-8 however the Indian then scored 8 straight factors to drag away from the Malaysian.

On Tuesday, World Championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen and fast-rising Malvika Bansod had entered the second spherical with three-game wins.