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Tokyo14 july. Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu stormed into the second round of the women’s singles at the Japan Open Super 750 badminton tournament with a comfortable straight-game win over Malaysian Wong Ling Ching here on Tuesday. But the famous pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty withdrew in the middle of the match, when Satwik felt relief in his shoulders.

It is noteworthy that the world number four pair of Satwik and Chirag had ended the title drought that had been going on for two years by winning the Singapore Open. After this he did not participate in the Indonesia Open. Now they decided to withdraw after losing the first game against Denmark’s Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Vestergaard 19-21 in 21 minutes.

Satwik-Chirag will not participate in China Open

Indian team chief doubles coach Tan Kim Har said the Indian pair will miss next week’s China Open and will focus on their injury recovery process to regain their fitness for the World Championships to be held in India in August. He said, ‘It will take some time for Satvik to recover. We will get at least four weeks time before the World Championship, through which we can regain our old rhythm.

Sindhu defeated Malaysian Wong in 35 minutes

Earlier, in the seventh match of the day played on court number two, Sindhu, ranked 10th in the world, displayed a smooth game and defeated world number 37 Wong 21-14 21-11 in 35 minutes. Sindhu, who celebrated her 31st birthday on July 5, will now meet fifth seed Chinese shuttler Han Yui.

Sindhu dominated the court from the beginning and controlled the pace of the rallies to take a 7-4 lead. Although Wong tried to fight back, her mistakes allowed the Indian shuttler to take an 11-6 lead at the break.

Sindhu, who looked comfortable in the rallies, took her lead to 14-9 by hitting her strokes effectively. His backhand net dribble, drop shot and half-smash were accurate. A straight shot gave Sindhu seven game points, and she took the first game on the second.

In the second game too, Sindhu adopted an aggressive attitude from the beginning and did not give any chance to the Malaysian player. After leading 8-2 early, Sindhu was leading 11-3 at the interval. Even after this, he maintained a big lead and then won the match in the second match after gaining 10 match points.

Kapila-Crasto win easily, Rohan-Shivani out

Talking about other Indian players on the court, Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto also entered the second round by defeating Scotland’s Alexander Dunn and Julie McPherson 21-16, 21-14 in their mixed doubles match. However, Rohan Kapoor and Rutvika Shivani Gadde were eliminated from the tournament after losing 11-21, 10-21 against top seeds Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dong Ping of China in the first round.