New Delhi: After facing disappointment at the recently-concluded Malaysia Masters Super 500 event, ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu made a fabulous start at the Singapore Open 750 tournament as she advanced to the second round. The two-time Olympic-medallist eased into Round 2 with a straight games victory against Canadian opponent Wen Yu Zhang on Tuesday.
Sindhu, who was looking impressive right from the start of the match, dispatched the Canadian player 21-14, 21-9 in just 31 minutes. The ace Indian shuttler will have a tough second round clash as she will be up against Tokyo Olympics gold winner and current world number five Chen Yu Fei of China next.
Disappointment for other Indian shuttlers
While Sindhu brough smile on the faces of the Indian badminton fans, the other Indian shuttlers faced defeats with their clashes ending in disappointments. In the Indian contingent, Malvika Bansod, Anmol Kharb, Priyanshu Rajawat, and Kiran George all crashing out after respective opening-round losses. Malvika who was expected to put up a good show lost 21-14, 18-21, 11-21 after showing some courage in the first game of the contest.
She was up against Thailand’s eighth seed Supanida Katethong, who proved to be much superior than the Indian. Meanwhile, Priyanshu fell 21-14, 10-21, 14-21 to seventh-seeded Japanese shuttler Kodai Naraoka in a match that lasted over an hour. Much like Malvika, Priyanshu also showcased courage in the opening game but slipped in the next two.
Another Indian in the fray, Anmol, was outclassed by Chen. The Indian showed grit in the second game before going down 11-21, 22-24 while George, who had reached the India Open quarterfinal earlier in the year, was beaten by Chinese player Weng Hong Yang 19-21, 17-21.
R. Santhosh Ramraj also lost his men’s singles opener 14-21, 8-21 to South Korea’s Kim Ga Eun while in the mixed doubles, Indian pair of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto also suffered a 18-21, 13-21 defeat against China’s Cheng Xing and Zhang Chi, another Chine player as the shuttler’s from the country continued dominance.
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