PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen reached the Singapore Open Super 750 quarterfinals with contrasting wins—Sindhu dominated Riko Gunji 21-9, 21-12, while Lakshya advanced after Kunlavut Viditsarn retired early. Satwik-Chirag and mixed pair Dhruv Kapila-Tanisha Crasto also moved ahead. HS Prannoy exited after a late error-filled collapse against Loh Kean Yew 18-21, 21-16, 15-21.
Singapore: Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen advanced to the quarterfinals with contrasting wins, while HS Prannoy bowed out after paying the price for a string of errors in the closing stages of the USD 1 million Singapore Open Super 750 badminton tournament here on Thursday.
Sindhu, a former world champion, took just 37 minutes to get the better of Riko Gunji of Japan 21-9 21-12 in her second round match.
But a stern test awaits Sindhu as she is pitted against top seed An Se Young of Korea in the last-eight round. Sindhu has never beaten the Olympic champion but lost eight times with the last defeat being at the China Open last year.
Lakshya Sen, a 2021 world championship bronze winner, also progressed to the quarterfinals after second seed Kunlavut Viditsarn, an opponent against whom he had a 4-8 record, retired after just two points due to a back problem.
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