Jakarta [Indonesia], January 22 (ANI): India’s two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu made it to the quarterfinals of the continued Indonesia Masters on Thursday.
Sindhu earned a straight video games win, outclassing Denmark’s Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt with a close-fought 21-19, 21-18 scoreline.
Her subsequent problem within the quarterfinals tomorrow could be Chen Yu Fei of China, the highest seed within the event, a world quantity 4 and Tokyo Olympics 2020 gold medalist, as per ESPN.
Sindhu’s file towards her Danish opponent has improved to 6-1. It was 5-0 at one level earlier than a loss final yr. Sindhu led at 11-7 and 15-11 within the first recreation. Despite Line combating her method again to make it 15-15, Sindhu held her nerves and gained the primary recreation. Line began off the second recreation with a 9-7 lead, however 4 successive factors left Sindhu main on the interval, and it elevated to 14-9. Line tried her degree greatest to battle again, however was no match for Sindhu’s ability.
Also within the males’s competitors, Lakshya Sen additionally made it to the quarterfinals of this Badminton World Federation (BWF) Super 500 event, defeating Jason Gunawan in straight video games by 21-10, 21-11.
This marks Lakshya’s second QF look in his third event and his most dominant efficiency, along with his subsequent problem set to be Thailand’s Panitchapon Teeraratasakul. (ANI)