P.V. Sindhu in pre-quarter finals of Glasgow World Games

New Delhi, Aug. 22: P.V. Sindhu advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the women’s singles competition after defeating South Korea’s Kim Hyo Min in the second round of the World Championship in Glasgow on Tuesday.

Sindhu, who won bronze at the 2013 and 2014 editions, notched up a 21-16, 21-14 win in 49 minutes, extending her head-tohead record against Kim Hyo to 4-1.

The 22-year-old, who received a bye in the opening round, will face either Russian’s Evgeniya Kosetskaya or Hong Kong’s Cheung Ngan Yi, 13th seed, in the next round.

Singapore Open champion B. Sai Praneeth opened his world championships campaign with a comfortable victory over Hong Kong’s Wei Nan in men’s singles.

The 15th seeded Indian won 21-18, 21-17 in a 48minute match.

The 25-year-old from Hyderabad will next take on Indonesia’s Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic and world junior championships boys’ singles bronze medallist.

In mixed doubles, India’s top pair Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N. Sikki Reddy, seeded 15th, defeated the Indo-Malaysian combo of Prajakta Sawant and Yogendran Khrishnan 21-12, 21-19.

However, B. Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa, and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Maneesha K. suffered contrasting losses.

Sumeeth and Ashwini went down fighting 17-21, 21-18, 5-21 to China’s 13th seeds Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping.