TIL Desk Sports/ Rio Olympics silver medallist P.V. Sindhu was the lone bright spot in an otherwise disappointing day for India at the Indonesia Open badminton tournament here on Wednesday.
Barring Sindhu, who advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of women’s singles after registering a win over Thailand’s Pornpawee Chochuwong 21-15, 19-21, 21-13, all the other Indian shuttlers, including World No.7 Kidambi Srikanth crashed out. Sindhu the World No.3 overcame a stiff challenge from the Thai shuttler before pocketing the affair 21-15, 19-21, 21-13.
The Hyderabadi will now face Japan’s Aya Ohori on Thursday. In men’s singles competition, former World No.1 Srikanth’s campaign ended after a narrow opening-round loss. Srikanth suffered his second successive loss to in-form Japanese Kento Momota in less than a week. Despite displaying a massive fight against Momota, Srikanth lost the issue 12-21, 21-14, 15-21 in an one hour long battle.
