Sindhu starts well with easy victory

Odense (Denmark), Oct.

15: World Champion P. V. Sindhu made an impressive start to her campaign at the Denmark Open, claiming a straight-game win over Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in the women’s singles competition here on Tuesday.

Fifth seed Sindhu, who had made early exits in China and Korea, got back her bearing as she overcame former World Junior Champion Gregoria 22-20,

21-18 in 38 minutes to keep her 5-0 record intact against the Indonesian.

The Olympic silver medalist will now face Korea’s An Se Young next.

World Championships bronze medallist B. Sai Praneeth also made it to the second round beating Lin Dan 21-14, 21-17 in a 35minute opening round. The Hyderabad shuttler is likely to meet world No. 1 and two-time world champion Kento Momota of Japan next. He had lost to Momota at the World

● Sindhu, who had made early exits in China and Korea, got back her bearing as she overcame former World Junior Champion Gregoria 22-20, 21-18 in 38 minutes to keep her 5-0 record intact against the Indonesian.

Championships in Basel, Switzerland.

Thailand Open champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also made a good start to their men’s doubles campaign, beating Korean pair of Kim Gi Jung and Lee Yong Dae 24-22, 21-11 in

39 minutes. Meanwhile, Parupalli Kashyap, who had reached the semifinals at Korea Open, failed to cross the opening round after losing

13-21, 12-21 to Thailand’s Sitthikom Thammasin in the men’s singles. —