PV Sindhu had to dig deep on Wednesday as she needed three games, an hour and 17 minutes to win her opening round at the Asian Badminton Championship
PV Sindhu had to dig deep on Wednesday as she needed three games, an hour and 17 minutes to win her opening round at the Asian Badminton Championship in Manila.
India’s Lakshya Sen stunned Lee Zii Jia 21-13, 12-21, 21-19 in three games to enter his maiden final at All England Open Championships.
Malvika took just over half an hour to dispatch 16-year-old Tasnim 21-13, 21-15 in the women's singles pre-quarterfinals.
The much-awaited 2022 Odish Open, a Badminton World Federation (BWF) event, will kick off at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Cuttack from January 25.
India's Kidambi Srikanth clinched a historic silver medal at the BWF World Championship in Spain.
Sindhu looked sluggish in her first event in two months at last week's Denmark Open, where she lost in the quarterfinals to fast-rising Korean An Seyoung.
Sindhu, a bronze medalist at the Tokyo Olympics, took a break due to the hectic schedule during the Games, but she will be eager to win.
PV Sindhu has not been included as she had requested not to be considered for selection citing post Tokyo Olympics recovery.
The Hyderabadi shuttler's latest accomplishment is becoming the first Indian woman to win two Olympic individual medals.