PV Sindhu advances in Singapore Open after first-round win

| TOI Sports Desk | TIMESOFINDIA.COM | May 29, 2024, 14:51 IST

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India's two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu secured a comfortable victory in the first round of the Singapore Open against Denmark's Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt on Wednesday.

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Sindhu triumphed over her Danish opponent 21-12, 22-20 in the women's singles match that lasted 44 minutes.

Sindhu dominated from the start, winning the first game easily. In the second game, Kjaersfeldt attempted a comeback, but Sindhu held her nerves better in a close finish to win it 22-20 and advance to the next round of the tournament.

Sindhu came into the Singapore Open after losing the title clash of the Malaysia Masters against China's Wang Zhi Yi 21-16, 5-21, 16-21.

Also, on Tuesday, the world's top-ranked men's doubles duo of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy suffering a shocking early exit in the first round of the Singapore Open.

Chirag and Satwik were defeated by the 34th-ranked Danish pair of Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Vestergaard. The match lasted 47 minutes, with the Indian duo losing in straight sets (20-22, 18-21).

(With ANI inputs)

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Top Comment

Sandipan Chakraborty

200 days ago

Sindhu is a spent force because incapable to end up with medal where the field has all top players. She cannot fight back when down by say 4-5 points whereas her opponents does that on a regular basis against her. She has lost out on keeping up the skill level as per international demands. She has only herself to blame or her downside. She has been unable since the last 3-4 years to train , may be, to deliver better results. Some cite injury but you crooks , really good players always comes back strongly from injuries eg. Marin , etc. This proves that she is not world class . These corrupt and stupid coaches consciously tempt us to believe that these players can achieve something which they are in fact incapable of. This plot serves their interest as well as of those players to a good extent .So She has absolutely no chace at Olympics. Between Rd 1to 3 she will lose a three setter and media and desi pundits will say that she is unlucky to lose and is getting better each day. We are observing such since the last 5-6months. A nice way to fool people. Stop promoting her . These academies in India cannot produce players who are very consistent for say 7-8years and win big tournaments. Same with pronnoy. These two along with other ordinary like srikant etc. who have passed 22-23yrs should be dumped immediately . It's written on the wall that these two can't winbig tournaments so invest on 2-3 youngstars of age say 17-19years. In badminton by 21-22 you are supposed to be experienced with all the qualities. It's not like keep on learning till 30 as far as Indian players are concerned. The sponsors should detouch with the academies as those involved say the coaches etc are making huge money in the process and delivering ordinary players who neither have the skill not the power nor the stamina to survive morethan 1-2years. You idiots don't fool us with fake projections.

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