Tokyo [Japan], July 16 (ANI): Two-time Olympic and five-time BWF World Championship medalist PV Sindhu prolonged her juggernaut run on the Daihatsu Japan Open 2026-a BWF Super 750 tournament-with a straight-games win over World No. 5 Han Yue on Thursday.
Through to the quarters, Sindhu will subsequent face former World No. 1 Nozomi Okuhara of Japan for a spot within the semi-finals on Friday, in accordance with a launch.
Taking a optimistic head-to-head file of their newest conflict, Sindhu turned issues round early within the first sport earlier than racing right into a 21-16 lead. The 2019 BWF World Championships gold medallist, then, made a flying begin to the second sport, racing into an 8-0 Lead earlier than closing out a 21-16, 21-14 win in simply 35 minutes.
This can be Sindhu’s sixth quarterfinal look of the season; the Indian ace had beforehand reached the last-eight stage in Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore, and superior to the semifinals in Malaysia and Australia.
Elsewhere, India’s problem within the blended doubles ended as Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto suffered a 22-20, 21-17 defeat to China’s Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dong Ping within the Round of 16. (ANI)