PV Sindhu records an easy win, Lakshya Sen also leads
Reflexes
- Defending champion PV Sindhu got off to a great start to her campaign at the Badminton World Championships
- Sindhu recorded a one-sided win over Martina Repiska of Slovakia 21-7, 21-9
- Lakshya Sen also entered the third round by defeating 15th seed Kenta Nashimoto of Japan.
Defending champion PV Sindhu started her campaign on a strong note at the Badminton World Championships with a 21-7, 21-9 victory over Martina Repiska of Slovakia on Tuesday. On the other hand, young Lakshya Sen also defeated 15th seed Kenta Nashimoto of Japan 22-20, 15-21, 21-18 to enter the third round. While in men’s doubles, the Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Li Xie Huai and Yang Po Suan of Chinese Taipei 27-25, 21-15 in a match that lasted 43 minutes.
World No. 7 Sindhu defeated her non-seeded opponent in just 24 minutes. Sixth seed Sindhu, who last won the title in 2019, got off to a good start and quickly took a 4-1 lead. Rapiska tried to come back with two points, but the Indian stalwart gave her no chance to advance and took an 11-4 lead at the break. Even after this, he maintained his dominance and won the first game in just 10 minutes. The same story was also repeated in the second game. Sindhu took a 6-0 lead in just two minutes of play. He led 11-1 at halftime with his dominant performance. He easily won this game and after that.
On the contrary, Sen had to fight hard to get a victory but in the end he managed to beat the Japanese in a match that lasted one hour and 22 minutes. In mixed doubles, however, the Indian pair of Saurabh Sharma and Anushka Parikh were beaten by Malaysians Tan Qian Meng and Lai Pei Jing 21-8, 21-18 in straight games.
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