Prime Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth secured straight sport wins within the opening spherical to advance to the pre-quarterfinals of the Korea Open Tremendous 500 badminton event right here on Wednesday.
Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, trounced USA’s Lauren Lam 21-15 21-14, whereas Srikanth noticed off Malaysia’s Daren Liew 22-20 21-11 on the Palma Stadium.
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The third seeded Sindhu, who had claimed the Swiss Open title just lately, will subsequent meet Japan’s Aya Ohori, whereas world championships silver medallist Srikanth, seeded fifth, might be up towards Israel’s Misha Zilberman.
MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila additionally progressed to the second spherical after getting a walkover from Korea’s Ba Da Kim and Hee Younger Park. The Indian duo will face second seeded Indonesian pair of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan subsequent.
On Tuesday, world championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen and fast-rising Malvika Bansod had entered the second spherical with three-game wins.
