PV Sindhu And Srikanth Reached 2nd Round Of Germany Open

PV Sindhu and K Srikanth reach the second round of the Germany Open badminton tournament.

Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu and World Championship silver medalist K Srikanth started with victories at the Germany Open Super 300 badminton tournament to advance to the second round.

Seventh seed Sindhu defeated world number 11 Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand 21-8, 21-7.

At the same time, Srikanth defeated France’s Bryce Leverdez in three games in the first round. Eighth seed Srikanth won 21-10, 13-21, 21-7.

It was Sindhu’s 15th win against a Thailand player, while Srikanth made his record 4-0 against Leverdez. Sindhu will next face either Spain’s Beatriz Corrales or China’s Chiang Yi Mann.

Srikanth could not play the India Open Super 500 tournament in January due to a Corona infection. He will now face China’s, Lu Guang Xu.

Srikanth’s record against him is 2-0.

Meanwhile, the Indian mixed doubles pair of Sai Prateek K and N Sikki Reddy, however, lost 19-21, 8-21 to top seeds Dechapol Puvaranukroh and Sapsiri Terattanachai of Thailand in the opening round itself.

Earlier, Sindhu dominated from the start against Busanan in women’s singles and registered a win in just 32 minutes.

Sindhu soon led 11-4 in the first game, while there was no looking back after leading 7-5 in the second game.

On the other hand, Srikanth made a good start early to take a 19-8 lead and won the first game easily.

In the second game, the Frenchman made a comeback but in the deciding game, Srikanth regained the momentum and won.

Final matches continued till late at night.

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Shooters in various events entered the finals and the title clashes continued till late on Tuesday.