P.V. Sindhu performs in opposition to Gregoria Mariska Tunjung of Indonesia throughout their ladies’s singles spherical of 32 match at Indonesia Open badminton match at Istora stadium in Jakarta, on June 13, 2023.
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Star Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu roared again to type, ousting dwelling favorite Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in straight video games within the opening spherical of the Indonesia Open World Tour Super 1000 occasion, in Jakarta on June 13.
The double Olympic medallist and former world champion, who made first spherical exits from the final two occasions, took 38 minutes to prevail over her latest nemesis from Indonesia 21-19 21-15 and seal a pre-quarterfinal berth.
This was additionally Sindhu’s first win in opposition to Tunjung in her final three video games as she had misplaced to the Indonesian within the Madrid Masters remaining and Malaysian Masters semifinal earlier this yr.
Sindhu, who has slipped to world No 13 in rankings, overcame a stiff problem within the first recreation when the native challenger led 9-7 with a crosscourt drop.
Using her top to full benefit, Sindhu snatched the lead 11-10 following three consecutive errors by Tunjung and sealed the primary recreation.
After an edgy begin, Sindhu was in full move within the second recreation, forcing Tunjung to commit a variety of errors because the Indian lastly managed to finish her string of losses and prolonged her total head-to-head file to 8-2.
Sindhu now faces a good harder battle as she is subsequent up in opposition to third seed Tai Tzu Ying.
The Taiwanese star is on an eight-match profitable streak in opposition to the Indian and total leads 18-5 on head-to-head.
It was a profitable begin for the in-form shuttler HS Prannoy too as he prevailed over Kenta Nishimoto of Japan 21-16 21-14 in 50 minutes.
The seventh-seeded Indian, who claimed the Malaysia Masters Super 300 title final month, subsequent faces NG Ka Long Angus of Hong Kong within the spherical of 16.
Indian ladies’s doubles duo of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand crashed out within the opening spherical, happening to Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi of Japan.
The Commonwealth Games bronze medallist duo squandered their lead within the opening recreation to go down 22-20 12-21 16-21 in a one-hour 12 minutes struggle.
CWG Birmingham 2022 champion and world No 5 males’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Ranikreddy and Chirag Shetty start their marketing campaign in opposition to Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo of Indonesia within the opening spherical.
