Vantaa: In Badminton, eighth seeded PV Sindhu entered the women’s singles quarterfinals of Arctic Open at Vantaa in Finland. Two-time Olympic medalist Sindhu defeated Wen Chi Hsu of Chinese Taipei by ‘21-11, 21-10’ in the 2nd round. . Sindhu will next face Thuy Linh Nguyen of Vietnam.
In Men’s singles, Kidambi Srikanth bowed out of the tournament. Srikanth lost ‘15-21, 12-21’ against seventh seed Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan in 2nd round. It is 3rd consecutive defeat for Srikanth against the Japanese shuttler.
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India’s Kiran George lost to fourth seed Lu Guang Zu of China by ‘ 10-21, 20-22’. The lone Indian pair in women’s doubles, Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa also lost by ‘19-21, 19-21’ against the French duo of Margot Lambert and Anne Tran.
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