Huelva: In badminton, defending world champion PV Sindhu entered the women’s singles quarterfinals of the BWF World Championships held in Huelva, Spain. The two-time Olympic medalist Sindhu defeated Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand by ’21-14, 21-18′ in 48 minutes. PV Sindhu will now face world number one Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the quarter-finals.
The world number 7 Sindhu also improved her head-to-head record against Pornpawee Chochuwong to 5-3. Pornpawee Chochuwong had defeated Sindhu in group match of BWF World Tour Finals earlier this month and All England Championships in March.
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India’s HS Prannoym Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen have already entered the men’s singles pre-quarter finals. The women’s doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy also entered the pre-quarterfinals.
With delightful mixture of precise attack & wall-like defence reigning world champion @Pvsindhu1 beat ??'s Pornpawee Chochuwong 21-14, 21-18 in the R16 and made her way into the quarter finals at #BWFWorldChampionships2021 ?#WorldChampionships2021#IndiaontheRise#Badminton pic.twitter.com/8XlT7u2Bgy
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) December 16, 2021
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