Sindhu defeats Indonesia’s Gregoria, enters quarterfinals of Denmark Open

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Odense. P.V. Sindhu entered the quarter-finals of the BWF Denmark Open 2023 by defeating Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 18-21, 21-15, 21-13 on Thursday.

After losing the first game in a close match against the seventh seeded player of the tournament, current Olympic bronze medalist Sindhu made a strong comeback in the match of one hour and 11 minutes, winning the next two games and making it to the last eight.

She will take on Thailand’s Supanida Katethong, who defeated India’s Akarshi Kashyap 21-18, 21-8, for a place in the semi-finals.

Sindhu broke a 2-match losing streak to the higher-ranked shuttler and extended their head-to-head record to 9-2.

Sindhu trailed 6-12 in the first game but managed to close the score before the Indonesian escaped the shuttle.

In the second game, he played brilliantly and took a lead of 13-4. The Indonesian immediately took eight straight games to level the score at 14-14, but Sindhu went on the offensive and took advantage of Tunjung’s long shots to earn six game points and move ahead thanks to two flick serves.

After returning from the Asian Games in Hangzhou without a medal. Sindhu had reached the semi-finals of the Arctic Open Super 500 tournament in Finland last week and has now reached the quarter-finals of the Denmark Open.

There was early disappointment in the men’s singles as Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth were shown early exits, while the world No. 1 doubles pair of Satwiksiraj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty bowed out of their first-round match on Tuesday.

–IANS

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