Sindhu Cruises into French Open Second Round
Indian shuttler PV Sindhu stormed into the second round of the women's singles event at French Open crushing American Beiwen Zhang in straight games.
Paris [France], Oct 24 (ANI): Indian shuttler PV Sindhu stormed into the second round of the women's singles event at French Open crushing American Beiwen Zhang in straight games.
The world no. 3 Sindhu disposed of unseeded Zhang 21-17, 21-18 in a match that lasted 34 minutes. Interestingly, Sindhu had lost the opening round of the Denmark Open at the hands of the same opponent, last week.
The 23-year-old will now face Japan's Sayaka Sato in the next round of the French Open.
Although the Olympic medalist got off to a winning start, it was curtains for Indian men's doubles pair of Arjun M.R. and Shlok Ramachandran as they lost 14-21, 17-21 to Chinese pair of Li Junhui and Liu Yunchen in the opening round.(ANI)
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