PV Sindhu has come to play badminton tournament for the first time after marriage.
India's PV Sindhu has won in the first round of India Open badminton tournament. She defeated Tsung Shuo Yun of Chinese Taipei in straight games. On the other hand, Kiran George of India, who took late entry, has created a big upset by defeating Yushi Tanaka of Japan.
The tournament started on Tuesday at the KD Jadhav Indoor Stadium in Delhi. In men's doubles, the pair of Satwik-Chirag also made it to the round of 16. They defeated the Malaysian pair of Man T 23-21, 19-21, 21-16.
The pair of Satwik-Chirag could not win a medal in the Paris Olympics despite being the top seed.
Sindhu entered her first tournament after marriage Sindhu got married only in December last year. Sindhu, who was playing her first tournament after marriage, took just 51 minutes to win the first match. Tsung Shuo took the lead in the initial game, but Sindhu made a comeback and won the match 21-14, 22-20.
Sindhu will fight with Japanese player In the second round, Sindhu will face world number-16 Manami Suiju of Japan. Sindhu said after the match, 'It is always difficult to regain momentum after a long break, but I am happy to win the match in straight games. In the second game, my shuttle was hitting midcourt, but I was always confident that I could win.
PV Sindhu took a long break after the Paris Olympics.
Kiran won in 3 games Kiran George won the 3-game match 21-19, 14-21, 27-25. The match lasted for 1 hour 11 minutes. Mixed doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Krishto also won their first match. They defeated Cheng Kuan and Hsu Yin-hui of Chinese Taipei 8-21, 21-19, 21-17.
The women's doubles pair of Trisha Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand had to face defeat in the first round. They were defeated by 5th seeds Arisa Igarashi and Ayako Sakuramoto of Japan 21-23, 19-21.
5th seed player had to face defeat Malaysia's Leong Jun Hao caused a major upset on Tuesday. Who eliminated China's 5th seed Li Shi Feng by defeating him 18-21, 21-17, 21-17. In the women's singles, Singapore's 7th seed Yeo Jia Min entered the next round by defeating Vietnam's Thuy Linh Nguyen 19-21, 22-20, 21-5.
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