PV Sindhu Sails Into Quarterfinals; Kidambi Srikanth, Kiran George Exit From Arctic Open
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Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu sailed into the quarterfinals of the ladies’s singles occasion of the Arctic Open Tremendous 500 badminton match, however it was curtains for Kidambi Srikanth in males’s singles in Vantaa on Thursday. Sindhu, seeded eighth right here, took simply 38 minutes to breeze previous Chinese language Taipei’s Wen Chi Hsu 21-11 21-10. Sindhu will subsequent play Thuy Linh Nguyen of Vietnam. Nonetheless, the match ended for Srikanth and Kiran George in males’s singles.
Whereas Srikanth misplaced 15-21 12-21 towards seventh seed Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan, George was proven the door by fourth seed Lu Guang Zu of China 10-21 20-22.
Whereas the Indian problem led to males’s singles, Aakarshi Kashyap survived within the ladies’s singles occasion and can tackle fifth seeded Chinese language Wang Zhi Yi later within the day.
The lone Indian pair in ladies’s doubles, Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa additionally didn’t progress to the quarterfinals, shedding 19-21 19-21 towards the French duo of Margot Lambert and Anne Tran.
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