Jakarta: India’s star badminton player PV Sindhu registered a straight game win over local contender Grigoria Mariska Tunjung in the first round of the Indonesia Open World Tour Super 1000 event. Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, who had made first round exits in the last two tournaments, stormed past her Indonesian opponent 21-19, 21-15 in 38 minutes to reach the pre-quarterfinals.Sindhu’s last three matches against Grigoria This is my first win. She had lost against the Indonesian player in the Madrid Masters and Malaysia Masters earlier this year. This is Sindhu’s eighth win in 10 matches against Grigoria while she has lost twice.
Sindhu will not have an easy road ahead as she will be up against third seed Tai Tzu Ying in the next round. The Taiwanese player has won the last eight matches against Sindhu and her win-loss record against the Indian player is 18-5.
Sindhu will not have an easy road ahead as she will be up against third seed Tai Tzu Ying in the next round. The Taiwanese player has won the last eight matches against Sindhu and her win-loss record against the Indian player is 18-5.
An in-form HS Prannoy also cruised into the next round after beating Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto 21-16, 21-14 in straight games in 50 minutes. Seventh seed Indian Prannoy, who won the Malaysia Masters Super 300 title last month, will next face Hong Kong’s Ng Ka Long Angus.
India’s women’s juggler pair of Trisha Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, however, bowed out after going down in the first round against Japan’s pair of Ring Iwanaga and Kei Nakanishi. The Indian pair lost 22-20, 12-21, 16-21.