PV Sindhu storms into Malaysia Open quarterfinals

PV Sindhu advanced to the Malaysia Open quarterfinals after a straight-game win over Japan’s Tomoka Miyazaki. In men’s doubles, Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy also progressed with a convincing victory.

HYDERABAD: Double Olympic medalist and former World champion PV Sindhu outplayed eighth seed Tomoka Miyazaki of Japan to book her place in the quarterfinals of Malaysia Open, a BWF Super 1000 event.

The Hyderabad shuttler dominated the opening game 21-8 and maintained the momentum to seal the match 21-13 in the second game. Sindhu will next face the winner of the clash between China’s Gao Fang Jie and third seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the quarterfinals.

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In men’s doubles, third seeds Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy also advanced after securing a 21-18, 21-11 win over Malaysia’s Junaidi Arif and Roy King Yap in 39 minutes.

With the victory, the Indians extended their head-to-head record against the Malaysian pair to 4–0. They will next face the winners of the clash between Chinese Taipei’s Chen Zhi Ray/Lin Yu Chieh and sixth seeds Fajar Alfian/Fikri Muhammad of Indonesia.